Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$56,814
Outcome
Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bowling Green, KY was fined $56,814 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Bowling Green, KY) — $56,814 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bowling Green, KY was fined $56,814 by CMS following 15 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.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- 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.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is 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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