Midwestern Healthcare Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$45,975
Outcome
Midwestern Healthcare Center in Wichita Falls, TX was fined $45,975 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Midwestern Healthcare Center (Wichita Falls, TX) — $45,975 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Midwestern Healthcare Center in Wichita Falls, TX was fined $45,975 by CMS following 22 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.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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