PACIFIC COAST POST ACUTE
CMS
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$6,721
Outcome
PACIFIC COAST POST ACUTE in SALINAS, CA was fined $6,721 by CMS following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PACIFIC COAST POST ACUTE (SALINAS, CA) — $6,721 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PACIFIC COAST POST ACUTE in SALINAS, CA was fined $6,721 by CMS following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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