SANFORD HILLSBORO CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Penalty
$42,488
Outcome
SANFORD HILLSBORO CARE CENTER in HILLSBORO, ND was fined $42,488 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SANFORD HILLSBORO CARE CENTER (HILLSBORO, ND) — $42,488 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SANFORD HILLSBORO CARE CENTER in HILLSBORO, ND was fined $42,488 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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