MERIDEN HEALTH AND REHAB
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$29,965
Outcome
MERIDEN HEALTH AND REHAB in MERIDEN, CT was fined $29,965 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 48 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MERIDEN HEALTH AND REHAB (MERIDEN, CT) — $29,965 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MERIDEN HEALTH AND REHAB in MERIDEN, CT was fined $29,965 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 48 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.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- 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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