Bethesda Of Beresford
CMS
Actual Harm
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$16,088
Outcome
Bethesda Of Beresford in BERESFORD, SD was fined $16,088 by CMS following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Bethesda Of Beresford (BERESFORD, SD) — $16,088 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Bethesda Of Beresford in BERESFORD, SD was fined $16,088 by CMS following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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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