Three Links Care Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$12,649
Outcome
Three Links Care Center in NORTHFIELD, MN was fined $12,649 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Three Links Care Center (NORTHFIELD, MN) — $12,649 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Three Links Care Center in NORTHFIELD, MN was fined $12,649 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
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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