FOREST HILLS HEALTHCARE CENTER.
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$16,801
Outcome
FOREST HILLS HEALTHCARE CENTER. in CINCINNATI, OH was fined $16,801 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FOREST HILLS HEALTHCARE CENTER. (CINCINNATI, OH) — $16,801 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FOREST HILLS HEALTHCARE CENTER. in CINCINNATI, OH was fined $16,801 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
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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