PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$176,348
Outcome
PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME in ERIE, PA was fined $176,348 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME (ERIE, PA) — $176,348 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME in ERIE, PA was fined $176,348 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- 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.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
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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