DELAWARE VETERANS HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$31,837
Outcome
DELAWARE VETERANS HOME in MILFORD, DE was fined $31,837 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DELAWARE VETERANS HOME (MILFORD, DE) — $31,837 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DELAWARE VETERANS HOME in MILFORD, DE was fined $31,837 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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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