WORCESTER REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER
Outcome
WORCESTER REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER in WORCESTER, MA was fined $81,776 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 55 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WORCESTER REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER (WORCESTER, MA) — $81,776 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WORCESTER REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER in WORCESTER, MA was fined $81,776 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 55 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.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- 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.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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