BEAR CREEK NURSING CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$37,198
Outcome
BEAR CREEK NURSING CENTER in HUDSON, FL was fined $37,198 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BEAR CREEK NURSING CENTER (HUDSON, FL) — $37,198 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BEAR CREEK NURSING CENTER in HUDSON, FL was fined $37,198 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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