The Cottages
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$54,484
Outcome
The Cottages in Pella, IA was fined $54,484 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
The Cottages (Pella, IA) — $54,484 in CMS Fines
Outcome: The Cottages in Pella, IA was fined $54,484 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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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