BARRON CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,278
Outcome
BARRON CENTER in PORTLAND, ME was fined $8,278 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BARRON CENTER (PORTLAND, ME) — $8,278 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BARRON CENTER in PORTLAND, ME was fined $8,278 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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