THE HILLS NURSING & REHABILITATION
Outcome
THE HILLS NURSING & REHABILITATION in DECATUR, TX was fined $29,325 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE HILLS NURSING & REHABILITATION (DECATUR, TX) — $29,325 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE HILLS NURSING & REHABILITATION in DECATUR, TX was fined $29,325 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 19 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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