KITTANNING HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
Outcome
KITTANNING HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in KITTANNING, PA was fined $85,548 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 98 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
KITTANNING HEALTH & REHAB CENTER (KITTANNING, PA) — $85,548 in CMS Fines
Outcome: KITTANNING HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in KITTANNING, PA was fined $85,548 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 98 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
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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