ALTON MEMORIAL REHAB & THERAPY
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$15,360
Outcome
ALTON MEMORIAL REHAB & THERAPY in ALTON, IL was fined $15,360 by CMS following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALTON MEMORIAL REHAB & THERAPY (ALTON, IL) — $15,360 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALTON MEMORIAL REHAB & THERAPY in ALTON, IL was fined $15,360 by CMS following 29 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 a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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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