THE PINES HEALTHCARE & REHAB CTRS MACHIAS CAMPUS
CMS
Actual Harm
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$125,453
Outcome
THE PINES HEALTHCARE & REHAB CTRS MACHIAS CAMPUS in MACHIAS, NY was fined $125,453 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THE PINES HEALTHCARE & REHAB CTRS MACHIAS CAMPUS (MACHIAS, NY) — $125,453 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THE PINES HEALTHCARE & REHAB CTRS MACHIAS CAMPUS in MACHIAS, NY was fined $125,453 by CMS following 12 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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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