Meadows Ridge Care Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$9,032
Outcome
Meadows Ridge Care Center in Colton, CA was fined $9,032 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Meadows Ridge Care Center (Colton, CA) — $9,032 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Meadows Ridge Care Center in Colton, CA was fined $9,032 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- 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.
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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