NORTHRIDGE CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$3,145
Outcome
NORTHRIDGE CARE CENTER in RESEDA, CA was fined $3,145 by CMS following 76 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NORTHRIDGE CARE CENTER (RESEDA, CA) — $3,145 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NORTHRIDGE CARE CENTER in RESEDA, CA was fined $3,145 by CMS following 76 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- 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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