OBION COUNTY NURSING HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$28,868
Outcome
OBION COUNTY NURSING HOME in UNION CITY, TN was fined $28,868 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
OBION COUNTY NURSING HOME (UNION CITY, TN) — $28,868 in CMS Fines
Outcome: OBION COUNTY NURSING HOME in UNION CITY, TN was fined $28,868 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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