APERION CARE ELGIN
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$27,381
Outcome
APERION CARE ELGIN in ELGIN, IL was fined $27,381 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
APERION CARE ELGIN (ELGIN, IL) — $27,381 in CMS Fines
Outcome: APERION CARE ELGIN in ELGIN, IL was fined $27,381 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
- Help the resident make transportation arrangements to and from radiology services.
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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