PIONEER HEALTH CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$10,033
Outcome
PIONEER HEALTH CARE CENTER in ROCKY FORD, CO was fined $10,033 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PIONEER HEALTH CARE CENTER (ROCKY FORD, CO) — $10,033 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PIONEER HEALTH CARE CENTER in ROCKY FORD, CO was fined $10,033 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
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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