SPRING CREEK
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$115,684
Outcome
SPRING CREEK in JOLIET, IL was fined $115,684 by CMS following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SPRING CREEK (JOLIET, IL) — $115,684 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SPRING CREEK in JOLIET, IL was fined $115,684 by CMS following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- 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 feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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