ST LUKE COMMUNITY NURSING HOME
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$44,252
Outcome
ST LUKE COMMUNITY NURSING HOME in RONAN, MT was fined $44,252 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ST LUKE COMMUNITY NURSING HOME (RONAN, MT) — $44,252 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ST LUKE COMMUNITY NURSING HOME in RONAN, MT was fined $44,252 by CMS following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- 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.
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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