Dubuque Specialty Care
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$53,372
Outcome
Dubuque Specialty Care in Dubuque, IA was fined $53,372 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Dubuque Specialty Care (Dubuque, IA) — $53,372 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Dubuque Specialty Care in Dubuque, IA was fined $53,372 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
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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