Skilled Care of Mexia
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$24,634
Outcome
Skilled Care of Mexia in Mexia, TX was fined $24,634 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Skilled Care of Mexia (Mexia, TX) — $24,634 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Skilled Care of Mexia in Mexia, TX was fined $24,634 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 17 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- 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.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- 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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