ETOWAH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$21,692
Outcome
ETOWAH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION in ETOWAH, TN was fined $21,692 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ETOWAH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION (ETOWAH, TN) — $21,692 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ETOWAH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION in ETOWAH, TN was fined $21,692 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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