APPLE REHAB WEST HAVEN
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$26,685
Outcome
APPLE REHAB WEST HAVEN in WEST HAVEN, CT was fined $26,685 by CMS following 79 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
APPLE REHAB WEST HAVEN (WEST HAVEN, CT) — $26,685 in CMS Fines
Outcome: APPLE REHAB WEST HAVEN in WEST HAVEN, CT was fined $26,685 by CMS following 79 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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