LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF PORT ALLEN
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$130,507
Outcome
LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF PORT ALLEN in PORT ALLEN, LA was fined $130,507 by CMS following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF PORT ALLEN (PORT ALLEN, LA) — $130,507 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF PORT ALLEN in PORT ALLEN, LA was fined $130,507 by CMS following 44 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.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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