LIFE CARE CENTER OF MERRIMACK VALLEY
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$161,920
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF MERRIMACK VALLEY in BILLERICA, MA was fined $161,920 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF MERRIMACK VALLEY (BILLERICA, MA) — $161,920 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF MERRIMACK VALLEY in BILLERICA, MA was fined $161,920 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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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