PruittHealth-Union Pointe
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$197,532
Outcome
PruittHealth-Union Pointe in Monroe, NC was fined $197,532 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
PruittHealth-Union Pointe (Monroe, NC) — $197,532 in CMS Fines
Outcome: PruittHealth-Union Pointe in Monroe, NC was fined $197,532 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- 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.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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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