Paradigm at Faith Memorial
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$98,417
Outcome
Paradigm at Faith Memorial in Pasadena, TX was fined $98,417 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Paradigm at Faith Memorial (Pasadena, TX) — $98,417 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Paradigm at Faith Memorial in Pasadena, TX was fined $98,417 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
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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