Five Counties Nursing Home
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$31,850
Outcome
Five Counties Nursing Home in LEMMON, SD was fined $31,850 by CMS following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Five Counties Nursing Home (LEMMON, SD) — $31,850 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Five Counties Nursing Home in LEMMON, SD was fined $31,850 by CMS following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- 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.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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