BLAIRE HOUSE OF MILFORD
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$38,610
Outcome
BLAIRE HOUSE OF MILFORD in MILFORD, MA was fined $38,610 by CMS following 53 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BLAIRE HOUSE OF MILFORD (MILFORD, MA) — $38,610 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BLAIRE HOUSE OF MILFORD in MILFORD, MA was fined $38,610 by CMS following 53 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- 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.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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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