WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Wound Care
Penalty
$72,250
Outcome
WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER in WARREN, OH was fined $72,250 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER (WARREN, OH) — $72,250 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER in WARREN, OH was fined $72,250 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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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