Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Outcome
Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Laredo, TX was fined $49,719 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Laredo, TX) — $49,719 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Laredo, TX was fined $49,719 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- 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.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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