Thousand Oaks Post Acute, LLC
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$20,703
Outcome
Thousand Oaks Post Acute, LLC in Thousand Oaks, CA was fined $20,703 by CMS following 38 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Thousand Oaks Post Acute, LLC (Thousand Oaks, CA) — $20,703 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Thousand Oaks Post Acute, LLC in Thousand Oaks, CA was fined $20,703 by CMS following 38 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
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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