MORGANTOWN HEIGHTS OF JOURNEY
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$148,460
Outcome
MORGANTOWN HEIGHTS OF JOURNEY in MORGANTOWN, WV was fined $148,460 by CMS following 84 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MORGANTOWN HEIGHTS OF JOURNEY (MORGANTOWN, WV) — $148,460 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MORGANTOWN HEIGHTS OF JOURNEY in MORGANTOWN, WV was fined $148,460 by CMS following 84 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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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