Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$4,271
Outcome
Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville, NC was fined $4,271 by CMS following 7 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Jacksonville, NC) — $4,271 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville, NC was fined $4,271 by CMS following 7 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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