Failure to Submit Abuse Investigation Report Within Required Timeframe
Penalty
No penalty information released
The penalty, as released by CMS, applies to the entire inspection this citation is part of, covering all citations and f-tags issued, not just this specific f-tag. For the complete original report, please refer to the 'Details' section.
Summary
The facility failed to submit the required investigation report to the Department within five days following an allegation of abuse involving two residents, both of whom had diagnoses including dementia. Record review showed that an incident of alleged abuse between these two residents was investigated, and a '5 Day Summary' was prepared, but the report was never sent to the Department as required by facility policy. During an interview, the Administrator confirmed that the report should have been submitted but was not. The facility's policy states that a written report of the findings must be provided to the appropriate agencies within five working days of the incident, which was not followed in this case.