Monument Healthcare American Fork
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$35,437
Outcome
Monument Healthcare American Fork in American Fork, UT was fined $35,437 by CMS following 59 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Monument Healthcare American Fork (American Fork, UT) — $35,437 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Monument Healthcare American Fork in American Fork, UT was fined $35,437 by CMS following 59 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
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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