Pelican Health at Charlotte
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$70,925
Outcome
Pelican Health at Charlotte in Charlotte, NC was fined $70,925 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Pelican Health at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) — $70,925 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Pelican Health at Charlotte in Charlotte, NC was fined $70,925 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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