NORTHWESTERN CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$83,945
Outcome
NORTHWESTERN CENTER in BEREA, OH was fined $83,945 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 33 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NORTHWESTERN CENTER (BEREA, OH) — $83,945 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NORTHWESTERN CENTER in BEREA, OH was fined $83,945 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 33 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.
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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