A Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility
Outcome
A Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in UNIONDALE, NY was fined $138,880 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
A Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility (UNIONDALE, NY) — $138,880 in CMS Fines
Outcome: A Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in UNIONDALE, NY was fined $138,880 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- 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.
Don't let this happen to your organization. See how Crucible works.
See How Crucible Works