RIVER BEND NURSING CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$21,879
Outcome
RIVER BEND NURSING CENTER in WEST SACRAMENTO, CA was fined $21,879 by CMS following 53 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
RIVER BEND NURSING CENTER (WEST SACRAMENTO, CA) — $21,879 in CMS Fines
Outcome: RIVER BEND NURSING CENTER in WEST SACRAMENTO, CA was fined $21,879 by CMS following 53 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
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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