HILLTOP PARK POST ACUTE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$66,307
Outcome
HILLTOP PARK POST ACUTE in DENVER, CO was fined $66,307 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HILLTOP PARK POST ACUTE (DENVER, CO) — $66,307 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HILLTOP PARK POST ACUTE in DENVER, CO was fined $66,307 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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