ROCK CANYON RESPIRATORY AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Outcome
ROCK CANYON RESPIRATORY AND REHABILITATION CENTER in PUEBLO, CO was fined $89,938 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ROCK CANYON RESPIRATORY AND REHABILITATION CENTER (PUEBLO, CO) — $89,938 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ROCK CANYON RESPIRATORY AND REHABILITATION CENTER in PUEBLO, CO was fined $89,938 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 43 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.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- 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 residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
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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