Birchwood Terrace Rehab & Healthcare
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$127,834
Outcome
Birchwood Terrace Rehab & Healthcare in Burlington, VT was fined $127,834 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Birchwood Terrace Rehab & Healthcare (Burlington, VT) — $127,834 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Birchwood Terrace Rehab & Healthcare in Burlington, VT was fined $127,834 by CMS following 22 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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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