MOUNT ASCENSION TRANSITIONAL CARE OF CASCADIA
Outcome
MOUNT ASCENSION TRANSITIONAL CARE OF CASCADIA in HELENA, MT was fined $54,652 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MOUNT ASCENSION TRANSITIONAL CARE OF CASCADIA (HELENA, MT) — $54,652 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MOUNT ASCENSION TRANSITIONAL CARE OF CASCADIA in HELENA, MT was fined $54,652 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- 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.
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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