CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$17,933
Outcome
CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC in DENVER, CO was fined $17,933 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC (DENVER, CO) — $17,933 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC in DENVER, CO was fined $17,933 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- 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.
- 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.
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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