Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$8,278
Outcome
Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation in MESA, AZ was fined $8,278 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation (MESA, AZ) — $8,278 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation in MESA, AZ was fined $8,278 by CMS following 18 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.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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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