Senior Care of Marion
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$10,039
Outcome
Senior Care of Marion in Marion, SC was fined $10,039 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Senior Care of Marion (Marion, SC) — $10,039 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Senior Care of Marion in Marion, SC was fined $10,039 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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