EDGEMERE ESTATES
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$49,292
Outcome
EDGEMERE ESTATES in EL PASO, TX was fined $49,292 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 70 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
EDGEMERE ESTATES (EL PASO, TX) — $49,292 in CMS Fines
Outcome: EDGEMERE ESTATES in EL PASO, TX was fined $49,292 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 70 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with 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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