Alamance Health Care Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$157,560
Outcome
Alamance Health Care Center in Burlington, NC was fined $157,560 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Alamance Health Care Center (Burlington, NC) — $157,560 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Alamance Health Care Center in Burlington, NC was fined $157,560 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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