FINGER LAKES CENTER FOR LIVING
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,645
Outcome
FINGER LAKES CENTER FOR LIVING in AUBURN, NY was fined $21,645 by CMS following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FINGER LAKES CENTER FOR LIVING (AUBURN, NY) — $21,645 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FINGER LAKES CENTER FOR LIVING in AUBURN, NY was fined $21,645 by CMS following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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