GOLDEN SONORA CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Wound Care
Penalty
$93,308
Outcome
GOLDEN SONORA CARE CENTER in SONORA, CA was fined $93,308 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 90 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GOLDEN SONORA CARE CENTER (SONORA, CA) — $93,308 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GOLDEN SONORA CARE CENTER in SONORA, CA was fined $93,308 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 90 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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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