GOOD SAMARITAN HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$26,640
Outcome
GOOD SAMARITAN HOME in QUINCY, IL was fined $26,640 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GOOD SAMARITAN HOME (QUINCY, IL) — $26,640 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GOOD SAMARITAN HOME in QUINCY, IL was fined $26,640 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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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