Four Corners Regional Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$68,471
Outcome
Four Corners Regional Care Center in Blanding, UT was fined $68,471 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Four Corners Regional Care Center (Blanding, UT) — $68,471 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Four Corners Regional Care Center in Blanding, UT was fined $68,471 by CMS following 26 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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