Pine Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$56,121
Outcome
Pine Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing in Salt Lake City, UT was fined $56,121 by CMS following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Pine Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing (Salt Lake City, UT) — $56,121 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Pine Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing in Salt Lake City, UT was fined $56,121 by CMS following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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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