SKYLINE RIDGE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,320
Outcome
SKYLINE RIDGE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER in CANON CITY, CO was fined $21,320 by CMS following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SKYLINE RIDGE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER (CANON CITY, CO) — $21,320 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SKYLINE RIDGE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER in CANON CITY, CO was fined $21,320 by CMS following 36 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.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
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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