SAPPHIRE CENTER FOR REHAB & NURSING
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$87,741
Outcome
SAPPHIRE CENTER FOR REHAB & NURSING in FLUSHING, NY was fined $87,741 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SAPPHIRE CENTER FOR REHAB & NURSING (FLUSHING, NY) — $87,741 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SAPPHIRE CENTER FOR REHAB & NURSING in FLUSHING, NY was fined $87,741 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
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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