CALEB HITCHCOCK HEALTH CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$103,530
Outcome
CALEB HITCHCOCK HEALTH CENTER in BLOOMFIELD, CT was fined $103,530 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CALEB HITCHCOCK HEALTH CENTER (BLOOMFIELD, CT) — $103,530 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CALEB HITCHCOCK HEALTH CENTER in BLOOMFIELD, CT was fined $103,530 by CMS following 18 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.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
- 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 enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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