ORONO COMMONS
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$10,358
Outcome
ORONO COMMONS in ORONO, ME was fined $10,358 by CMS following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ORONO COMMONS (ORONO, ME) — $10,358 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ORONO COMMONS in ORONO, ME was fined $10,358 by CMS following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- 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.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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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