APPLINGWOOD POST ACUTE
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$98,460
Outcome
APPLINGWOOD POST ACUTE in CORDOVA, TN was fined $98,460 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
APPLINGWOOD POST ACUTE (CORDOVA, TN) — $98,460 in CMS Fines
Outcome: APPLINGWOOD POST ACUTE in CORDOVA, TN was fined $98,460 by CMS following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- 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.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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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