AVALON REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER
Outcome
AVALON REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in HAMILTON, NJ was fined $219,460 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AVALON REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER (HAMILTON, NJ) — $219,460 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AVALON REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in HAMILTON, NJ was fined $219,460 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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