ST GERARD'S COMMUNITY OF CARE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$48,233
Outcome
ST GERARD'S COMMUNITY OF CARE in HANKINSON, ND was fined $48,233 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ST GERARD'S COMMUNITY OF CARE (HANKINSON, ND) — $48,233 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ST GERARD'S COMMUNITY OF CARE in HANKINSON, ND was fined $48,233 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- 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.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- 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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