PALOMAR HEIGHTS POST ACUTE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$11,622
Outcome
PALOMAR HEIGHTS POST ACUTE in ESCONDIDO, CA was fined $11,622 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 55 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PALOMAR HEIGHTS POST ACUTE (ESCONDIDO, CA) — $11,622 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PALOMAR HEIGHTS POST ACUTE in ESCONDIDO, CA was fined $11,622 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 55 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- 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 care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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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