Pinnacle Specialty Care
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Penalty
$8,362
Outcome
Pinnacle Specialty Care in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $8,362 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Pinnacle Specialty Care (Cedar Falls, IA) — $8,362 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Pinnacle Specialty Care in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $8,362 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- 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 each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- 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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