West Janisch Health Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$7,443
Outcome
West Janisch Health Care Center in Houston, TX was fined $7,443 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
West Janisch Health Care Center (Houston, TX) — $7,443 in CMS Fines
Outcome: West Janisch Health Care Center in Houston, TX was fined $7,443 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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