DECATUR HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$25,367
Outcome
DECATUR HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in DECATUR, AL was fined $25,367 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DECATUR HEALTH & REHAB CENTER (DECATUR, AL) — $25,367 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DECATUR HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in DECATUR, AL was fined $25,367 by CMS across 4 separate penalties 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.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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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