GOODWILL MENNONITE HOME, INC.
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$13,250
Outcome
GOODWILL MENNONITE HOME, INC. in GRANTSVILLE, MD was fined $13,250 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GOODWILL MENNONITE HOME, INC. (GRANTSVILLE, MD) — $13,250 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GOODWILL MENNONITE HOME, INC. in GRANTSVILLE, MD was fined $13,250 by CMS following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
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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