Newaldaya Lifescapes
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Penalty
$132,074
Outcome
Newaldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $132,074 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Newaldaya Lifescapes (Cedar Falls, IA) — $132,074 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Newaldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $132,074 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- 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.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
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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