RIVIERA PALMS REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$278,615
Outcome
RIVIERA PALMS REHABILITATION CENTER in PALMETTO, FL was fined $278,615 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
RIVIERA PALMS REHABILITATION CENTER (PALMETTO, FL) — $278,615 in CMS Fines
Outcome: RIVIERA PALMS REHABILITATION CENTER in PALMETTO, FL was fined $278,615 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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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