La Crescenta Healthcare Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$17,122
Outcome
La Crescenta Healthcare Center in LA CRESCENTA, CA was fined $17,122 by CMS following 56 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
La Crescenta Healthcare Center (LA CRESCENTA, CA) — $17,122 in CMS Fines
Outcome: La Crescenta Healthcare Center in LA CRESCENTA, CA was fined $17,122 by CMS following 56 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- 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.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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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