Sandpiper Post Acute
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$84,974
Outcome
Sandpiper Post Acute in Mount Pleasant, SC was fined $84,974 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Sandpiper Post Acute (Mount Pleasant, SC) — $84,974 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Sandpiper Post Acute in Mount Pleasant, SC was fined $84,974 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- 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.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- 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.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
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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