SIERRA POST ACUTE
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$12,874
Outcome
SIERRA POST ACUTE in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $12,874 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SIERRA POST ACUTE (LAKEWOOD, CO) — $12,874 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SIERRA POST ACUTE in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $12,874 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 37 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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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