PENN MAR HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$4,893
Outcome
PENN MAR HEALTHCARE CENTER in EL MONTE, CA was fined $4,893 by CMS following 74 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PENN MAR HEALTHCARE CENTER (EL MONTE, CA) — $4,893 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PENN MAR HEALTHCARE CENTER in EL MONTE, CA was fined $4,893 by CMS following 74 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
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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