AGAWAM NORTH REHAB AND NURSING
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$86,130
Outcome
AGAWAM NORTH REHAB AND NURSING in AGAWAM, MA was fined $86,130 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AGAWAM NORTH REHAB AND NURSING (AGAWAM, MA) — $86,130 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AGAWAM NORTH REHAB AND NURSING in AGAWAM, MA was fined $86,130 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
- Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- 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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