Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Penalty
$12,740
Outcome
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill in Brownsville, TX was fined $12,740 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill (Brownsville, TX) — $12,740 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill in Brownsville, TX was fined $12,740 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- 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.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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