ST. ANTHONY'S CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$3,276
Outcome
ST. ANTHONY'S CARE CENTER in WACO, TX was fined $3,276 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ST. ANTHONY'S CARE CENTER (WACO, TX) — $3,276 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ST. ANTHONY'S CARE CENTER in WACO, TX was fined $3,276 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- 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.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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