HEIGHT STREET SKILLED CARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$113,499
Outcome
HEIGHT STREET SKILLED CARE in BAKERSFIELD, CA was fined $113,499 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 63 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HEIGHT STREET SKILLED CARE (BAKERSFIELD, CA) — $113,499 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HEIGHT STREET SKILLED CARE in BAKERSFIELD, CA was fined $113,499 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 63 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- 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.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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