The Stewart Health Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$83,517
Outcome
The Stewart Health Center in Charlotte, NC was fined $83,517 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
The Stewart Health Center (Charlotte, NC) — $83,517 in CMS Fines
Outcome: The Stewart Health Center in Charlotte, NC was fined $83,517 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- 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.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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