SANTA CRUZ POST ACUTE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$205,264
Outcome
SANTA CRUZ POST ACUTE in SANTA CRUZ, CA was fined $205,264 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 82 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SANTA CRUZ POST ACUTE (SANTA CRUZ, CA) — $205,264 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SANTA CRUZ POST ACUTE in SANTA CRUZ, CA was fined $205,264 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 82 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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