COBALT LODGE HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$57,600
Outcome
COBALT LODGE HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER in COBALT, CT was fined $57,600 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COBALT LODGE HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER (COBALT, CT) — $57,600 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COBALT LODGE HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER in COBALT, CT was fined $57,600 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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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