BARNES HEALTHCARE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$34,623
Outcome
BARNES HEALTHCARE in LONOKE, AR was fined $34,623 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BARNES HEALTHCARE (LONOKE, AR) — $34,623 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BARNES HEALTHCARE in LONOKE, AR was fined $34,623 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- 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.
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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