Unity Living Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$12,868
Outcome
Unity Living Center in Rochester, NY was fined $12,868 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Unity Living Center (Rochester, NY) — $12,868 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Unity Living Center in Rochester, NY was fined $12,868 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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