CAPSTONE CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$47,879
Outcome
CAPSTONE CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING in AMSTERDAM, NY was fined $47,879 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CAPSTONE CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING (AMSTERDAM, NY) — $47,879 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CAPSTONE CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING in AMSTERDAM, NY was fined $47,879 by CMS following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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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