DIVERSICARE OF BATESVILLE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$20,138
Outcome
DIVERSICARE OF BATESVILLE in BATESVILLE, MS was fined $20,138 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DIVERSICARE OF BATESVILLE (BATESVILLE, MS) — $20,138 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DIVERSICARE OF BATESVILLE in BATESVILLE, MS was fined $20,138 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
- Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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