ENCORE AT WEST MEADOW
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$16,448
Outcome
ENCORE AT WEST MEADOW in NEWARK, DE was fined $16,448 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ENCORE AT WEST MEADOW (NEWARK, DE) — $16,448 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ENCORE AT WEST MEADOW in NEWARK, DE was fined $16,448 by CMS following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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