CRESCENT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$26,534
Outcome
CRESCENT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SARASOTA, FL was fined $26,534 by CMS following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CRESCENT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (SARASOTA, FL) — $26,534 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CRESCENT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SARASOTA, FL was fined $26,534 by CMS following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- 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.
- 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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