NORWICH SUB-ACUTE AND NURSING
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$32,377
Outcome
NORWICH SUB-ACUTE AND NURSING in NORWICH, CT was fined $32,377 by CMS following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NORWICH SUB-ACUTE AND NURSING (NORWICH, CT) — $32,377 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NORWICH SUB-ACUTE AND NURSING in NORWICH, CT was fined $32,377 by CMS following 27 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.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
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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