WESTERN HILLS HEALTHCARE RESIDENCE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$62,078
Outcome
WESTERN HILLS HEALTHCARE RESIDENCE in COMANCHE, TX was fined $62,078 by CMS following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WESTERN HILLS HEALTHCARE RESIDENCE (COMANCHE, TX) — $62,078 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WESTERN HILLS HEALTHCARE RESIDENCE in COMANCHE, TX was fined $62,078 by CMS following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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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