Exira Care Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$22,880
Outcome
Exira Care Center in Exira, IA was fined $22,880 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Exira Care Center (Exira, IA) — $22,880 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Exira Care Center in Exira, IA was fined $22,880 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
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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