PruittHealth-Carolina Point
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$52,901
Outcome
PruittHealth-Carolina Point in Durham, NC was fined $52,901 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PruittHealth-Carolina Point (Durham, NC) — $52,901 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PruittHealth-Carolina Point in Durham, NC was fined $52,901 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- 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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