GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$70,434
Outcome
GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER in CORTLAND, NY was fined $70,434 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER (CORTLAND, NY) — $70,434 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER in CORTLAND, NY was fined $70,434 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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