SUSQUEHANNA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER
Outcome
SUSQUEHANNA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER in COLUMBIA, PA was fined $132,901 by CMS across 12 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SUSQUEHANNA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER (COLUMBIA, PA) — $132,901 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SUSQUEHANNA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER in COLUMBIA, PA was fined $132,901 by CMS across 12 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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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