PATTERSON HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$17,280
Outcome
PATTERSON HEALTHCARE CENTER in PATTERSON, LA was fined $17,280 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PATTERSON HEALTHCARE CENTER (PATTERSON, LA) — $17,280 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PATTERSON HEALTHCARE CENTER in PATTERSON, LA was fined $17,280 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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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