BERKLEY WEST HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$101,046
Outcome
BERKLEY WEST HEALTHCARE CENTER in SANTA MONICA, CA was fined $101,046 by CMS following 77 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BERKLEY WEST HEALTHCARE CENTER (SANTA MONICA, CA) — $101,046 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BERKLEY WEST HEALTHCARE CENTER in SANTA MONICA, CA was fined $101,046 by CMS following 77 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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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