MS CARE CENTER OF MORTON
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$7,267
Outcome
MS CARE CENTER OF MORTON in MORTON, MS was fined $7,267 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MS CARE CENTER OF MORTON (MORTON, MS) — $7,267 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MS CARE CENTER OF MORTON in MORTON, MS was fined $7,267 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 20 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.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- 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 request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- 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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