NHC Healthcare - Garden City
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$6,380
Outcome
NHC Healthcare - Garden City in Garden City, SC was fined $6,380 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NHC Healthcare - Garden City (Garden City, SC) — $6,380 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NHC Healthcare - Garden City in Garden City, SC was fined $6,380 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- 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.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
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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