Villa Maria
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$22,081
Outcome
Villa Maria in MULVANE, KS was fined $22,081 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Villa Maria (MULVANE, KS) — $22,081 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Villa Maria in MULVANE, KS was fined $22,081 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- 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.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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