SENIOR CARE CENTER - ST MARYS
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$4,072
Outcome
SENIOR CARE CENTER - ST MARYS in SAINT MARYS, GA was fined $4,072 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SENIOR CARE CENTER - ST MARYS (SAINT MARYS, GA) — $4,072 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SENIOR CARE CENTER - ST MARYS in SAINT MARYS, GA was fined $4,072 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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