ALDEN DES PLAINES REHAB & HC
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$28,893
Outcome
ALDEN DES PLAINES REHAB & HC in DES PLAINES, IL was fined $28,893 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALDEN DES PLAINES REHAB & HC (DES PLAINES, IL) — $28,893 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALDEN DES PLAINES REHAB & HC in DES PLAINES, IL was fined $28,893 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- 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.
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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