Buchanan County Health Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$4,011
Outcome
Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA was fined $4,011 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Buchanan County Health Center (Independence, IA) — $4,011 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA was fined $4,011 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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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