NATHANIEL WITHERELL, THE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$4,516
Outcome
NATHANIEL WITHERELL, THE in GREENWICH, CT was fined $4,516 by CMS following 59 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NATHANIEL WITHERELL, THE (GREENWICH, CT) — $4,516 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NATHANIEL WITHERELL, THE in GREENWICH, CT was fined $4,516 by CMS following 59 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- 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.
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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