CANDLEWOOD HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION
CMS
Actual Harm
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$29,488
Outcome
CANDLEWOOD HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION in EAST CLEVELAND, OH was fined $29,488 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CANDLEWOOD HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION (EAST CLEVELAND, OH) — $29,488 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CANDLEWOOD HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION in EAST CLEVELAND, OH was fined $29,488 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
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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