Azalea Health & Rehab Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$24,470
Outcome
Azalea Health & Rehab Center in Wilmington, NC was fined $24,470 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Azalea Health & Rehab Center (Wilmington, NC) — $24,470 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Azalea Health & Rehab Center in Wilmington, NC was fined $24,470 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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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