RUNNELLS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$5,160
Outcome
RUNNELLS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE in BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ was fined $5,160 by CMS following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
RUNNELLS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE (BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ) — $5,160 in CMS Fines
Outcome: RUNNELLS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE in BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ was fined $5,160 by CMS following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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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