The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing & Rehabili
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$8,512
Outcome
The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing & Rehabili in Rutland, VT was fined $8,512 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing & Rehabili (Rutland, VT) — $8,512 in CMS Fines
Outcome: The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing & Rehabili in Rutland, VT was fined $8,512 by CMS following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- 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.
- Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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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