COMMUNITY NURSING HOME OF ANACONDA
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$24,131
Outcome
COMMUNITY NURSING HOME OF ANACONDA in ANACONDA, MT was fined $24,131 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COMMUNITY NURSING HOME OF ANACONDA (ANACONDA, MT) — $24,131 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COMMUNITY NURSING HOME OF ANACONDA in ANACONDA, MT was fined $24,131 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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