SHUKSAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$73,622
Outcome
SHUKSAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE in BELLINGHAM, WA was fined $73,622 by CMS following 57 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SHUKSAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE (BELLINGHAM, WA) — $73,622 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SHUKSAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE in BELLINGHAM, WA was fined $73,622 by CMS following 57 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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