Autumn Care of Drexel
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Wound Care
Penalty
$27,872
Outcome
Autumn Care of Drexel in Morganton, NC was fined $27,872 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Autumn Care of Drexel (Morganton, NC) — $27,872 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Autumn Care of Drexel in Morganton, NC was fined $27,872 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- 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.
- Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
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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