ARARAT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$10,039
Outcome
ARARAT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL in LOS ANGELES, CA was fined $10,039 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ARARAT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL (LOS ANGELES, CA) — $10,039 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ARARAT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL in LOS ANGELES, CA was fined $10,039 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- 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.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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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