Spanish Fork Rehabilitation and Nursing
CMS
Actual Harm
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$7,443
Outcome
Spanish Fork Rehabilitation and Nursing in Spanish Fork, UT was fined $7,443 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Spanish Fork Rehabilitation and Nursing (Spanish Fork, UT) — $7,443 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Spanish Fork Rehabilitation and Nursing in Spanish Fork, UT was fined $7,443 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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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