NHC HEALTHCARE, BRISTOL
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$12,735
Outcome
NHC HEALTHCARE, BRISTOL in BRISTOL, VA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NHC HEALTHCARE, BRISTOL (BRISTOL, VA) — $12,735 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NHC HEALTHCARE, BRISTOL in BRISTOL, VA was fined $12,735 by CMS following 16 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.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate 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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