Cedar Creek Post Acute
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$211,244
Outcome
Cedar Creek Post Acute in MOUNT JULIET, TN was fined $211,244 by CMS following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Cedar Creek Post Acute (MOUNT JULIET, TN) — $211,244 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Cedar Creek Post Acute in MOUNT JULIET, TN was fined $211,244 by CMS following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
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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