PRUITTHEALTH - AUGUSTA HILLS
CMS
Medication Error
Penalty
$6,201
Outcome
PRUITTHEALTH - AUGUSTA HILLS in AUGUSTA, GA was fined $6,201 by CMS following 6 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PRUITTHEALTH - AUGUSTA HILLS (AUGUSTA, GA) — $6,201 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PRUITTHEALTH - AUGUSTA HILLS in AUGUSTA, GA was fined $6,201 by CMS following 6 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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