STILLWATER HEALTH CARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$28,886
Outcome
STILLWATER HEALTH CARE in BANGOR, ME was fined $28,886 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
STILLWATER HEALTH CARE (BANGOR, ME) — $28,886 in CMS Fines
Outcome: STILLWATER HEALTH CARE in BANGOR, ME was fined $28,886 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
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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