George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$12,363
Outcome
George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home in Ogden, UT was fined $12,363 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home (Ogden, UT) — $12,363 in CMS Fines
Outcome: George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home in Ogden, UT was fined $12,363 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
- Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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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