Aztec Healthcare
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$68,268
Outcome
Aztec Healthcare in Aztec, NM was fined $68,268 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Aztec Healthcare (Aztec, NM) — $68,268 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Aztec Healthcare in Aztec, NM was fined $68,268 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- 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.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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