The Carrolton of Lumberton
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$37,087
Outcome
The Carrolton of Lumberton in Lumberton, NC was fined $37,087 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
The Carrolton of Lumberton (Lumberton, NC) — $37,087 in CMS Fines
Outcome: The Carrolton of Lumberton in Lumberton, NC was fined $37,087 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
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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