AGAWAM WEST REHAB AND NURSING
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$12,735
Outcome
AGAWAM WEST REHAB AND NURSING in AGAWAM, MA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AGAWAM WEST REHAB AND NURSING (AGAWAM, MA) — $12,735 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AGAWAM WEST REHAB AND NURSING in AGAWAM, MA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 31 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.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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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