MENNONITE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITIES INC
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$14,498
Outcome
MENNONITE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITIES INC in SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KS was fined $14,498 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MENNONITE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITIES INC (SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KS) — $14,498 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MENNONITE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITIES INC in SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KS was fined $14,498 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- 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.
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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