ST CATHERINE OF SIENA NRSG AND REHAB CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$64,496
Outcome
ST CATHERINE OF SIENA NRSG AND REHAB CARE CENTER in SMITHTOWN, NY was fined $64,496 by CMS following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ST CATHERINE OF SIENA NRSG AND REHAB CARE CENTER (SMITHTOWN, NY) — $64,496 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ST CATHERINE OF SIENA NRSG AND REHAB CARE CENTER in SMITHTOWN, NY was fined $64,496 by CMS following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- 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.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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