Wildewood Downs
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$3,728
Outcome
Wildewood Downs in Columbia, SC was fined $3,728 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Wildewood Downs (Columbia, SC) — $3,728 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Wildewood Downs in Columbia, SC was fined $3,728 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- 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.
- Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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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