BIG MEADOWS
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$4,500
Outcome
BIG MEADOWS in SAVANNA, IL was fined $4,500 by CMS following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BIG MEADOWS (SAVANNA, IL) — $4,500 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BIG MEADOWS in SAVANNA, IL was fined $4,500 by CMS following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
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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