WESTWARD TRAILS NURSING AND REHABILITATION
Outcome
WESTWARD TRAILS NURSING AND REHABILITATION in NACOGDOCHES, TX was fined $33,060 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WESTWARD TRAILS NURSING AND REHABILITATION (NACOGDOCHES, TX) — $33,060 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WESTWARD TRAILS NURSING AND REHABILITATION in NACOGDOCHES, TX was fined $33,060 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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