MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH NURSING HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$7,163
Outcome
MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH NURSING HOME in LEWISTOWN, MT was fined $7,163 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH NURSING HOME (LEWISTOWN, MT) — $7,163 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH NURSING HOME in LEWISTOWN, MT was fined $7,163 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- 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.
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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