AHC WAVERLY
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$48,110
Outcome
AHC WAVERLY in WAVERLY, TN was fined $48,110 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AHC WAVERLY (WAVERLY, TN) — $48,110 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AHC WAVERLY in WAVERLY, TN was fined $48,110 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
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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