NOVATO HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$90,206
Outcome
NOVATO HEALTHCARE CENTER in NOVATO, CA was fined $90,206 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 93 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NOVATO HEALTHCARE CENTER (NOVATO, CA) — $90,206 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NOVATO HEALTHCARE CENTER in NOVATO, CA was fined $90,206 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 93 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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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