Advanced Health Care of St. George
CMS
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$4,194
Outcome
Advanced Health Care of St. George in St George, UT was fined $4,194 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Advanced Health Care of St. George (St George, UT) — $4,194 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Advanced Health Care of St. George in St George, UT was fined $4,194 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- 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.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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