PARKWAY PLACE
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$45,741
Outcome
PARKWAY PLACE in HOUSTON, TX was fined $45,741 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PARKWAY PLACE (HOUSTON, TX) — $45,741 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PARKWAY PLACE in HOUSTON, TX was fined $45,741 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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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