SARAH S BRAYTON CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$151,920
Outcome
SARAH S BRAYTON CENTER in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $151,920 by CMS following 56 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SARAH S BRAYTON CENTER (FALL RIVER, MA) — $151,920 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SARAH S BRAYTON CENTER in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $151,920 by CMS following 56 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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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