EMERALD COAST CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Penalty
$17,114
Outcome
EMERALD COAST CENTER in FORT WALTON BEACH, FL was fined $17,114 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
EMERALD COAST CENTER (FORT WALTON BEACH, FL) — $17,114 in CMS Fines
Outcome: EMERALD COAST CENTER in FORT WALTON BEACH, FL was fined $17,114 by CMS across 2 separate penalties 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.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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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