PUTNAM COUNTY CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$125,956
Outcome
PUTNAM COUNTY CARE CENTER in UNIONVILLE, MO was fined $125,956 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PUTNAM COUNTY CARE CENTER (UNIONVILLE, MO) — $125,956 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PUTNAM COUNTY CARE CENTER in UNIONVILLE, MO was fined $125,956 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Assure the security of all personal funds of residents deposited with the facility.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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