Buena Vista Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$68,250
Outcome
Buena Vista Care Center in Santa Barbara, CA was fined $68,250 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Buena Vista Care Center (Santa Barbara, CA) — $68,250 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Buena Vista Care Center in Santa Barbara, CA was fined $68,250 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- 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.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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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