LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$62,868
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY in COOS BAY, OR was fined $62,868 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY (COOS BAY, OR) — $62,868 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY in COOS BAY, OR was fined $62,868 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
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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