CITADEL AT SAINT BENEDICT
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$64,531
Outcome
CITADEL AT SAINT BENEDICT in NILES, IL was fined $64,531 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CITADEL AT SAINT BENEDICT (NILES, IL) — $64,531 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CITADEL AT SAINT BENEDICT in NILES, IL was fined $64,531 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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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