Berea Health and Rehabilitation
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Penalty
$16,801
Outcome
Berea Health and Rehabilitation in Berea, KY was fined $16,801 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 7 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Berea Health and Rehabilitation (Berea, KY) — $16,801 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Berea Health and Rehabilitation in Berea, KY was fined $16,801 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 7 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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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