GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY CANISTOTA
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Penalty
$9,009
Outcome
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY CANISTOTA in CANISTOTA, SD was fined $9,009 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY CANISTOTA (CANISTOTA, SD) — $9,009 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY CANISTOTA in CANISTOTA, SD was fined $9,009 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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