The Willows at Harrodsburg
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$12,529
Outcome
The Willows at Harrodsburg in Harrodsburg, KY was fined $12,529 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
The Willows at Harrodsburg (Harrodsburg, KY) — $12,529 in CMS Fines
Outcome: The Willows at Harrodsburg in Harrodsburg, KY was fined $12,529 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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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