LA FRONTERA NURSING & REHABILITATION
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,021
Outcome
LA FRONTERA NURSING & REHABILITATION in LAREDO, TX was fined $8,021 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LA FRONTERA NURSING & REHABILITATION (LAREDO, TX) — $8,021 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LA FRONTERA NURSING & REHABILITATION in LAREDO, TX was fined $8,021 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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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