THE BLUFFS REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER
Outcome
THE BLUFFS REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in VICKSBURG, MS was fined $8,000 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE BLUFFS REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER (VICKSBURG, MS) — $8,000 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE BLUFFS REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in VICKSBURG, MS was fined $8,000 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 25 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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