BIRCHWOOD HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$49,680
Outcome
BIRCHWOOD HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SARASOTA, FL was fined $49,680 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BIRCHWOOD HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (SARASOTA, FL) — $49,680 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BIRCHWOOD HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SARASOTA, FL was fined $49,680 by CMS following 15 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 a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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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