SHARON CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$155,516
Outcome
SHARON CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION in SHARON, CT was fined $155,516 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SHARON CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION (SHARON, CT) — $155,516 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SHARON CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION in SHARON, CT was fined $155,516 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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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