Lutheran Retirement Home
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$24,922
Outcome
Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, IA was fined $24,922 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Lutheran Retirement Home (Northwood, IA) — $24,922 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, IA was fined $24,922 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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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