OAKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$36,552
Outcome
OAKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES in ALTOONA, WI was fined $36,552 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
OAKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES (ALTOONA, WI) — $36,552 in CMS Fines
Outcome: OAKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES in ALTOONA, WI was fined $36,552 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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