Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Outcome
Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, RI was fined $85,654 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Providence, RI) — $85,654 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, RI was fined $85,654 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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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