CAMBRIDGE CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,151
Outcome
CAMBRIDGE CARE CENTER in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $8,151 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CAMBRIDGE CARE CENTER (LAKEWOOD, CO) — $8,151 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CAMBRIDGE CARE CENTER in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $8,151 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
- Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and 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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