DIVERSICARE OF MERIDIAN
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Penalty
$12,735
Outcome
DIVERSICARE OF MERIDIAN in MERIDIAN, MS was fined $12,735 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DIVERSICARE OF MERIDIAN (MERIDIAN, MS) — $12,735 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DIVERSICARE OF MERIDIAN in MERIDIAN, MS was fined $12,735 by CMS following 19 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
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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