Elderwood at Hornell
CMS
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Penalty
$4,194
Outcome
Elderwood at Hornell in Hornell, NY was fined $4,194 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Elderwood at Hornell (Hornell, NY) — $4,194 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Elderwood at Hornell in Hornell, NY was fined $4,194 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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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