Stone Cottage Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$18,682
Outcome
Stone Cottage Care Center in Sigourney, IA was fined $18,682 by CMS following 64 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Stone Cottage Care Center (Sigourney, IA) — $18,682 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Stone Cottage Care Center in Sigourney, IA was fined $18,682 by CMS following 64 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
- Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
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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