Silver City Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,200
Outcome
Silver City Care Center in Silver City, NM was fined $21,200 by CMS following 77 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Silver City Care Center (Silver City, NM) — $21,200 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Silver City Care Center in Silver City, NM was fined $21,200 by CMS following 77 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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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