NHC HEALTHCARE, SMITHVILLE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$228,511
Outcome
NHC HEALTHCARE, SMITHVILLE in SMITHVILLE, TN was fined $228,511 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NHC HEALTHCARE, SMITHVILLE (SMITHVILLE, TN) — $228,511 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NHC HEALTHCARE, SMITHVILLE in SMITHVILLE, TN was fined $228,511 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
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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