WEST OAKS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Outcome
WEST OAKS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in AUSTIN, TX was fined $39,527 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WEST OAKS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (AUSTIN, TX) — $39,527 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WEST OAKS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in AUSTIN, TX was fined $39,527 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 30 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.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- 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.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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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