PARAMOUNT CONVALESCENT HOSP.
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$34,613
Outcome
PARAMOUNT CONVALESCENT HOSP. in PARAMOUNT, CA was fined $34,613 by CMS following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PARAMOUNT CONVALESCENT HOSP. (PARAMOUNT, CA) — $34,613 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PARAMOUNT CONVALESCENT HOSP. in PARAMOUNT, CA was fined $34,613 by CMS following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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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