Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$16,720
Outcome
Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center in Washington, NC was fined $16,720 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center (Washington, NC) — $16,720 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center in Washington, NC was fined $16,720 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- 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.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
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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