North Long Beach Post Acute
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$59,063
Outcome
North Long Beach Post Acute in LONG BEACH, CA was fined $59,063 by CMS following 86 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
North Long Beach Post Acute (LONG BEACH, CA) — $59,063 in CMS Fines
Outcome: North Long Beach Post Acute in LONG BEACH, CA was fined $59,063 by CMS following 86 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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