Corwin Center At Emerald Heights
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$39,468
Outcome
Corwin Center At Emerald Heights in REDMOND, WA was fined $39,468 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Corwin Center At Emerald Heights (REDMOND, WA) — $39,468 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Corwin Center At Emerald Heights in REDMOND, WA was fined $39,468 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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