THE ELLISON JOHN TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER
Outcome
THE ELLISON JOHN TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER in LANCASTER, CA was fined $189,236 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 108 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE ELLISON JOHN TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER (LANCASTER, CA) — $189,236 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE ELLISON JOHN TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER in LANCASTER, CA was fined $189,236 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 108 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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