WATSONVILLE POST ACUTE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$8,018
Outcome
WATSONVILLE POST ACUTE CENTER in WATSONVILLE, CA was fined $8,018 by CMS following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WATSONVILLE POST ACUTE CENTER (WATSONVILLE, CA) — $8,018 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WATSONVILLE POST ACUTE CENTER in WATSONVILLE, CA was fined $8,018 by CMS following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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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