Maples Benzie County Medical Care
Outcome
Maples Benzie County Medical Care in Frankfort, MI was fined $33,261 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Maples Benzie County Medical Care (Frankfort, MI) — $33,261 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Maples Benzie County Medical Care in Frankfort, MI was fined $33,261 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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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