YUKIO OKUTSU STATE VETERANS HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$13,049
Outcome
YUKIO OKUTSU STATE VETERANS HOME in HILO, HI was fined $13,049 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
YUKIO OKUTSU STATE VETERANS HOME (HILO, HI) — $13,049 in CMS Fines
Outcome: YUKIO OKUTSU STATE VETERANS HOME in HILO, HI was fined $13,049 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- 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.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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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