COTTONWOOD REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$22,152
Outcome
COTTONWOOD REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in DURANGO, CO was fined $22,152 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COTTONWOOD REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER (DURANGO, CO) — $22,152 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COTTONWOOD REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in DURANGO, CO was fined $22,152 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
- Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
- 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.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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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