ELKTON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Outcome
ELKTON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in ELKTON, MD was fined $30,742 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 173 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ELKTON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (ELKTON, MD) — $30,742 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ELKTON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in ELKTON, MD was fined $30,742 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 173 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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