LEGACY AT TOWN CREEK
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$300,185
Outcome
LEGACY AT TOWN CREEK in PALESTINE, TX was fined $300,185 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 38 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LEGACY AT TOWN CREEK (PALESTINE, TX) — $300,185 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LEGACY AT TOWN CREEK in PALESTINE, TX was fined $300,185 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 38 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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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