LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$9,110
Outcome
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR in CHICAGO, IL was fined $9,110 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR (CHICAGO, IL) — $9,110 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR in CHICAGO, IL was fined $9,110 by CMS following 22 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.
- 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.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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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