SEQUOIA TRANSITIONAL CARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$41,759
Outcome
SEQUOIA TRANSITIONAL CARE in PORTERVILLE, CA was fined $41,759 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SEQUOIA TRANSITIONAL CARE (PORTERVILLE, CA) — $41,759 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SEQUOIA TRANSITIONAL CARE in PORTERVILLE, CA was fined $41,759 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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