BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY
CMS
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$3,387
Outcome
BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY in TEWKSBURY, MA was fined $3,387 by CMS following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY (TEWKSBURY, MA) — $3,387 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY in TEWKSBURY, MA was fined $3,387 by CMS following 54 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.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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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