Westerly Health Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,278
Outcome
Westerly Health Center in Westerly, RI was fined $8,278 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Westerly Health Center (Westerly, RI) — $8,278 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Westerly Health Center in Westerly, RI was fined $8,278 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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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