HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$66,824
Outcome
HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS in OPELOUSAS, LA was fined $66,824 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS (OPELOUSAS, LA) — $66,824 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS in OPELOUSAS, LA was fined $66,824 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
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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