LONGMEADOW CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$46,771
Outcome
LONGMEADOW CARE CENTER in RAVENNA, OH was fined $46,771 by CMS following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LONGMEADOW CARE CENTER (RAVENNA, OH) — $46,771 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LONGMEADOW CARE CENTER in RAVENNA, OH was fined $46,771 by CMS following 36 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.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- 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.
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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