WALBRIDGE MEMORIAL CONVALESCENT WING
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Wound Care
Penalty
$29,981
Outcome
WALBRIDGE MEMORIAL CONVALESCENT WING in MEEKER, CO was fined $29,981 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WALBRIDGE MEMORIAL CONVALESCENT WING (MEEKER, CO) — $29,981 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WALBRIDGE MEMORIAL CONVALESCENT WING in MEEKER, CO was fined $29,981 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- 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 a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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