AVIR AT SAN AUGUSTINE
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$102,752
Outcome
AVIR AT SAN AUGUSTINE in SAN AUGUSTINE, TX was fined $102,752 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AVIR AT SAN AUGUSTINE (SAN AUGUSTINE, TX) — $102,752 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AVIR AT SAN AUGUSTINE in SAN AUGUSTINE, TX was fined $102,752 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Have policies on smoking.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- 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.
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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