Powell Valley Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$40,390
Outcome
Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, WY was fined $40,390 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 7 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Powell Valley Care Center (Powell, WY) — $40,390 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, WY was fined $40,390 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 7 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.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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