NORTH VALLEY NURSING CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$62,704
Outcome
NORTH VALLEY NURSING CENTER in TUJUNGA, CA was fined $62,704 by CMS following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NORTH VALLEY NURSING CENTER (TUJUNGA, CA) — $62,704 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NORTH VALLEY NURSING CENTER in TUJUNGA, CA was fined $62,704 by CMS following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- 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.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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