ELEVATE CARE CHICAGO NORTH
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$234,598
Outcome
ELEVATE CARE CHICAGO NORTH in CHICAGO, IL was fined $234,598 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 98 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ELEVATE CARE CHICAGO NORTH (CHICAGO, IL) — $234,598 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ELEVATE CARE CHICAGO NORTH in CHICAGO, IL was fined $234,598 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 98 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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