Metairie Health Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$132,895
Outcome
Metairie Health Care Center in METAIRIE, LA was fined $132,895 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Metairie Health Care Center (METAIRIE, LA) — $132,895 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Metairie Health Care Center in METAIRIE, LA was fined $132,895 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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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