PHOEBE ALLENTOWN HEALTH CARE CENTER
Outcome
PHOEBE ALLENTOWN HEALTH CARE CENTER in ALLENTOWN, PA was fined $15,114 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PHOEBE ALLENTOWN HEALTH CARE CENTER (ALLENTOWN, PA) — $15,114 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PHOEBE ALLENTOWN HEALTH CARE CENTER in ALLENTOWN, PA was fined $15,114 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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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