EASTRIDGE
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$19,690
Outcome
EASTRIDGE in CENTRALIA, KS was fined $19,690 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
EASTRIDGE (CENTRALIA, KS) — $19,690 in CMS Fines
Outcome: EASTRIDGE in CENTRALIA, KS was fined $19,690 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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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