BLAIRE HOUSE OF WORCESTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$13,095
Outcome
BLAIRE HOUSE OF WORCESTER in WORCESTER, MA was fined $13,095 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BLAIRE HOUSE OF WORCESTER (WORCESTER, MA) — $13,095 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BLAIRE HOUSE OF WORCESTER in WORCESTER, MA was fined $13,095 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- 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.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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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