Highland Farms
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$4,271
Outcome
Highland Farms in Black Mountain, NC was fined $4,271 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Highland Farms (Black Mountain, NC) — $4,271 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Highland Farms in Black Mountain, NC was fined $4,271 by CMS following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
- Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
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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