Southwood Nursing and Retirement
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$8,512
Outcome
Southwood Nursing and Retirement in Clinton, NC was fined $8,512 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Southwood Nursing and Retirement (Clinton, NC) — $8,512 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Southwood Nursing and Retirement in Clinton, NC was fined $8,512 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- 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 nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- 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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