LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$50,347
Outcome
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR in PITTSBURGH, PA was fined $50,347 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR (PITTSBURGH, PA) — $50,347 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR in PITTSBURGH, PA was fined $50,347 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 54 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
- Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
- Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
- Provide training in compliance and ethics.
- Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
- Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
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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