SILVER OAKS HEALTH CAMPUS
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$8,824
Outcome
SILVER OAKS HEALTH CAMPUS in COLUMBUS, IN was fined $8,824 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SILVER OAKS HEALTH CAMPUS (COLUMBUS, IN) — $8,824 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SILVER OAKS HEALTH CAMPUS in COLUMBUS, IN was fined $8,824 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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