cms_GA: 1787

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

This data as json, copyable

rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
1787 PROVIDENCE HEALTHCARE 115484 1011 SOUTH GREEN STREET THOMASTON GA 30286 2019-05-16 582 B 0 1 55TI11 Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide evidence that the Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (SNFABN) and the Notice of Medicaid Non-Coverage (NOMNC) was issued for one of two residents (R) reviewed (R#25), who was discharged off Medicare Part A services and remained in the facility. Findings include: R#25's Medicare Part A Skilled Services began on 10/15/18 and last covered day was on 11/25/18. The resident remained in the facility. Review of SNFABN revealed the form was not signed. However, there was a handwritten note dated 11/21/18 indicating that a family representative had been contacted. Review of the NOMNC revealed that the document had not been signed and there was no evidence of either document being provided to R#25 or the family representative. Interview on 5/15/19 at 12:59 p.m. with Social Services Director (SSD) who reported that R#25's family was notified via telephone of services ending but a copy of the form was not mailed to the family. SSD further reported that if telephone contact is made notices are not mailed to the family. SSD confirmed that R#25 remained in the facility. 2020-09-01