ELEVATE CARE NORTHBROOK
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$201,725
Outcome
ELEVATE CARE NORTHBROOK in NORTHBROOK, IL was fined $201,725 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ELEVATE CARE NORTHBROOK (NORTHBROOK, IL) — $201,725 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ELEVATE CARE NORTHBROOK in NORTHBROOK, IL was fined $201,725 by CMS following 17 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.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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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