Lakes At Litchfield
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$5,244
Outcome
Lakes At Litchfield in Pawleys Island, SC was fined $5,244 by CMS following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Lakes At Litchfield (Pawleys Island, SC) — $5,244 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Lakes At Litchfield in Pawleys Island, SC was fined $5,244 by CMS following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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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