HATTIESBURG HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$8,021
Outcome
HATTIESBURG HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in HATTIESBURG, MS was fined $8,021 by CMS following 9 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HATTIESBURG HEALTH & REHAB CENTER (HATTIESBURG, MS) — $8,021 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HATTIESBURG HEALTH & REHAB CENTER in HATTIESBURG, MS was fined $8,021 by CMS following 9 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 the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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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