LIFE CARE CENTER OF ST LOUIS
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$15,646
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF ST LOUIS in SAINT LOUIS, MO was fined $15,646 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF ST LOUIS (SAINT LOUIS, MO) — $15,646 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF ST LOUIS in SAINT LOUIS, MO was fined $15,646 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
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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