Rehab Center of Cheraw
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$64,075
Outcome
Rehab Center of Cheraw in Cheraw, SC was fined $64,075 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Rehab Center of Cheraw (Cheraw, SC) — $64,075 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Rehab Center of Cheraw in Cheraw, SC was fined $64,075 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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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