University Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Outcome
University Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte, NC was fined $276,401 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
University Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Charlotte, NC) — $276,401 in CMS Fines
Outcome: University Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte, NC was fined $276,401 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 35 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- 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.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
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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