SMOKY MOUNTAIN POST-ACUTE AND REHABILITATION CENTE
Outcome
SMOKY MOUNTAIN POST-ACUTE AND REHABILITATION CENTE in PIGEON FORGE, TN was fined $61,180 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SMOKY MOUNTAIN POST-ACUTE AND REHABILITATION CENTE (PIGEON FORGE, TN) — $61,180 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SMOKY MOUNTAIN POST-ACUTE AND REHABILITATION CENTE in PIGEON FORGE, TN was fined $61,180 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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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