Bridges To Home
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$12,735
Outcome
Bridges To Home in SHORELINE, WA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Bridges To Home (SHORELINE, WA) — $12,735 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Bridges To Home in SHORELINE, WA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
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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