Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center
Outcome
Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center in MEDIA, PA was fined $25,625 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 33 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center (MEDIA, PA) — $25,625 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center in MEDIA, PA was fined $25,625 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 33 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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