SOUTHERN INYO HOSPITAL D/P SNF
Outcome
SOUTHERN INYO HOSPITAL D/P SNF in LONE PINE, CA was fined $17,290 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SOUTHERN INYO HOSPITAL D/P SNF (LONE PINE, CA) — $17,290 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SOUTHERN INYO HOSPITAL D/P SNF in LONE PINE, CA was fined $17,290 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Have policies on smoking.
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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