Hillcrest Manor Nursing Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$46,898
Outcome
Hillcrest Manor Nursing Center in Blackwell, OK was fined $46,898 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Hillcrest Manor Nursing Center (Blackwell, OK) — $46,898 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Hillcrest Manor Nursing Center in Blackwell, OK was fined $46,898 by CMS following 24 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.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of 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 care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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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