LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,645
Outcome
LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES in LANCASTER, WI was fined $21,645 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES (LANCASTER, WI) — $21,645 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LANCASTER HEALTH SERVICES in LANCASTER, WI was fined $21,645 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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