THE WATERS OF CHEATHAM, LLC
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$6,350
Outcome
THE WATERS OF CHEATHAM, LLC in ASHLAND CITY, TN was fined $6,350 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE WATERS OF CHEATHAM, LLC (ASHLAND CITY, TN) — $6,350 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE WATERS OF CHEATHAM, LLC in ASHLAND CITY, TN was fined $6,350 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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