St Joseph of Harahan
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$228,169
Outcome
St Joseph of Harahan in Harahan, LA was fined $228,169 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
St Joseph of Harahan (Harahan, LA) — $228,169 in CMS Fines
Outcome: St Joseph of Harahan in Harahan, LA was fined $228,169 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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