Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$59,631
Outcome
Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation in Burnsville, NC was fined $59,631 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation (Burnsville, NC) — $59,631 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation in Burnsville, NC was fined $59,631 by CMS following 22 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- 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.
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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