Western Horizons Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$71,991
Outcome
Western Horizons Care Center in HETTINGER, ND was fined $71,991 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Western Horizons Care Center (HETTINGER, ND) — $71,991 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Western Horizons Care Center in HETTINGER, ND was fined $71,991 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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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