BIRCH HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$10,655
Outcome
BIRCH HEALTHCARE CENTER in ROCHESTER, NH was fined $10,655 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BIRCH HEALTHCARE CENTER (ROCHESTER, NH) — $10,655 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BIRCH HEALTHCARE CENTER in ROCHESTER, NH was fined $10,655 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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