Emmetsburg Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Nutrition Care
Wound Care
Penalty
$25,695
Outcome
Emmetsburg Care Center in Emmetsburg, IA was fined $25,695 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Emmetsburg Care Center (Emmetsburg, IA) — $25,695 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Emmetsburg Care Center in Emmetsburg, IA was fined $25,695 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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