Niles Care Center, LLC
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$82,810
Outcome
Niles Care Center, LLC in Niles, MI was fined $82,810 by CMS following 52 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Niles Care Center, LLC (Niles, MI) — $82,810 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Niles Care Center, LLC in Niles, MI was fined $82,810 by CMS following 52 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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