LIBBY CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$22,720
Outcome
LIBBY CARE CENTER in LIBBY, MT was fined $22,720 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIBBY CARE CENTER (LIBBY, MT) — $22,720 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIBBY CARE CENTER in LIBBY, MT was fined $22,720 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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