FRIENDS NURSING HOME
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$22,965
Outcome
FRIENDS NURSING HOME in SANDY SPRING, MD was fined $22,965 by CMS across 8 separate penalties following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FRIENDS NURSING HOME (SANDY SPRING, MD) — $22,965 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FRIENDS NURSING HOME in SANDY SPRING, MD was fined $22,965 by CMS across 8 separate penalties following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- 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.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- 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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