Birchwood Care Home
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$3,145
Outcome
Birchwood Care Home in MINNEAPOLIS, MN was fined $3,145 by CMS following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Birchwood Care Home (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) — $3,145 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Birchwood Care Home in MINNEAPOLIS, MN was fined $3,145 by CMS following 32 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.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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