RANCHO SECO CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$497,455
Outcome
RANCHO SECO CARE CENTER in GALT, CA was fined $497,455 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 89 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
RANCHO SECO CARE CENTER (GALT, CA) — $497,455 in CMS Fines
Outcome: RANCHO SECO CARE CENTER in GALT, CA was fined $497,455 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 89 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.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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