PUXICO NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$11,164
Outcome
PUXICO NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in PUXICO, MO was fined $11,164 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PUXICO NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (PUXICO, MO) — $11,164 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PUXICO NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in PUXICO, MO was fined $11,164 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- 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.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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