Life Care Center of Hendersonville
Outcome
Life Care Center of Hendersonville in Hendersonville, NC was fined $40,986 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Life Care Center of Hendersonville (Hendersonville, NC) — $40,986 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Life Care Center of Hendersonville in Hendersonville, NC was fined $40,986 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 32 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
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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