LAKELAND HILLS CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$214,420
Outcome
LAKELAND HILLS CENTER in LAKELAND, FL was fined $214,420 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LAKELAND HILLS CENTER (LAKELAND, FL) — $214,420 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LAKELAND HILLS CENTER in LAKELAND, FL was fined $214,420 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
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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