SMP HEALTH - ST CATHERINE NORTH
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Penalty
$6,168
Outcome
SMP HEALTH - ST CATHERINE NORTH in FARGO, ND was fined $6,168 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SMP HEALTH - ST CATHERINE NORTH (FARGO, ND) — $6,168 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SMP HEALTH - ST CATHERINE NORTH in FARGO, ND was fined $6,168 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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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