APPLE REHAB COCCOMO
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$14,069
Outcome
APPLE REHAB COCCOMO in MERIDEN, CT was fined $14,069 by CMS following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
APPLE REHAB COCCOMO (MERIDEN, CT) — $14,069 in CMS Fines
Outcome: APPLE REHAB COCCOMO in MERIDEN, CT was fined $14,069 by CMS following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- 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.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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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