COUNTRYSIDE POST ACUTE
CMS
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$4,068
Outcome
COUNTRYSIDE POST ACUTE in BUCHANAN, GA was fined $4,068 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COUNTRYSIDE POST ACUTE (BUCHANAN, GA) — $4,068 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COUNTRYSIDE POST ACUTE in BUCHANAN, GA was fined $4,068 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- 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.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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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