Brookview Healthcare Center
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$42,599
Outcome
Brookview Healthcare Center in Gaffney, SC was fined $42,599 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Brookview Healthcare Center (Gaffney, SC) — $42,599 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Brookview Healthcare Center in Gaffney, SC was fined $42,599 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
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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