KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DP SNF
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$10,033
Outcome
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DP SNF in LAKE ISABELLA, CA was fined $10,033 by CMS following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DP SNF (LAKE ISABELLA, CA) — $10,033 in CMS Fines
Outcome: KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DP SNF in LAKE ISABELLA, CA was fined $10,033 by CMS following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- 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.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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