FRANCISCAN VILLAGE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$22,260
Outcome
FRANCISCAN VILLAGE in LEMONT, IL was fined $22,260 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FRANCISCAN VILLAGE (LEMONT, IL) — $22,260 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FRANCISCAN VILLAGE in LEMONT, IL was fined $22,260 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
- 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.
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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