OZARK NURSING AND CARE CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$48,557
Outcome
OZARK NURSING AND CARE CENTER in OZARK, MO was fined $48,557 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
OZARK NURSING AND CARE CENTER (OZARK, MO) — $48,557 in CMS Fines
Outcome: OZARK NURSING AND CARE CENTER in OZARK, MO was fined $48,557 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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