TRANSITIONS HEALTHCARE SHOOK HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$205,694
Outcome
TRANSITIONS HEALTHCARE SHOOK HOME in CHAMBERSBURG, PA was fined $205,694 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
TRANSITIONS HEALTHCARE SHOOK HOME (CHAMBERSBURG, PA) — $205,694 in CMS Fines
Outcome: TRANSITIONS HEALTHCARE SHOOK HOME in CHAMBERSBURG, PA was fined $205,694 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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