THE ELMS REHAB AND HEALTHCARE CENTER OF CRANBURY
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$57,282
Outcome
THE ELMS REHAB AND HEALTHCARE CENTER OF CRANBURY in CRANBURY, NJ was fined $57,282 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE ELMS REHAB AND HEALTHCARE CENTER OF CRANBURY (CRANBURY, NJ) — $57,282 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE ELMS REHAB AND HEALTHCARE CENTER OF CRANBURY in CRANBURY, NJ was fined $57,282 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- 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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