POWDER SPRINGS CENTER FOR NURSING & HEALING
Outcome
POWDER SPRINGS CENTER FOR NURSING & HEALING in POWDER SPRINGS, GA was fined $16,802 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
POWDER SPRINGS CENTER FOR NURSING & HEALING (POWDER SPRINGS, GA) — $16,802 in CMS Fines
Outcome: POWDER SPRINGS CENTER FOR NURSING & HEALING in POWDER SPRINGS, GA was fined $16,802 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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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