Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Outcome
Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wharton, TX was fined $19,725 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Wharton, TX) — $19,725 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wharton, TX was fined $19,725 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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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