Fort Bayard Medical Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$83,501
Outcome
Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara, NM was fined $83,501 by CMS following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Fort Bayard Medical Center (Santa Clara, NM) — $83,501 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara, NM was fined $83,501 by CMS following 47 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- 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.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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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