LIFE CARE CENTER OF SIERRA VISTA
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF SIERRA VISTA in SIERRA VISTA, AZ was fined $55,881 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF SIERRA VISTA (SIERRA VISTA, AZ) — $55,881 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF SIERRA VISTA in SIERRA VISTA, AZ was fined $55,881 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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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