Colonial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$247,572
Outcome
Colonial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Lindale, TX was fined $247,572 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Colonial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Lindale, TX) — $247,572 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Colonial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Lindale, TX was fined $247,572 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Request a waiver if it can't meet the nurse staffing requirements.
- 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.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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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