BUCHANAN PLACE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,021
Outcome
BUCHANAN PLACE in NEW TAZEWELL, TN was fined $8,021 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BUCHANAN PLACE (NEW TAZEWELL, TN) — $8,021 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BUCHANAN PLACE in NEW TAZEWELL, TN was fined $8,021 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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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