cms_WV: 6921
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rowid | facility_name | facility_id | address | city | state | zip | inspection_date | deficiency_tag | scope_severity | complaint | standard | eventid | inspection_text | filedate |
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6921 | ELDERCARE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION | 515065 | 107 MILLER DRIVE | RIPLEY | WV | 25271 | 2014-10-08 | 493 | B | 1 | 0 | KVTV11 | Based on review of the facility's policies and procedures and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the policies established for obtaining copies of medical records was in compliance with State regulations. The current facility policy had the potential to result in the medical record not being produced timely and for excessive charges when obtaining copies of the record. This practice had the potential to affect any resident/responsible party who exercised the right to obtain copies of the medical record. Facility Census: 81. Findings include: a) Review of the facility's policy titled Request for Medical Records, last reviewed 2013, revealed in section 6, . the documents should be produced within five (5) days of receipt of the notification that the request for a medical record is valid. Section 7 provided instructions for the steps of this process. It specified in 7.b In WV, the cost of production of the medical record is as follows: $10.00 search fee plus reasonable expenses, provided that the total charge does not exceed $0.75 per page for copying of records already reduced to written form. The Legislative Rules West Virginia Division of Health Title 64, Series 13 Nursing Home Licensure Rule specifies: -- Regulation 4.4.c: A resident may purchase, at a cost not to exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page, photocopies of the records or any portions of them, upon oral or written request to the nursing home. -- Regulation 4.4.c.1: The nursing home will provide the photocopies materials to the resident within two (2) working days of the request. The administrator (Employee #59) was interviewed on 10/08/14 at 3:00 p.m. Employee #59 verified the policy and procedure of this facility was not in compliance with the state regulations specified in the Nursing Home Licensure Rule. | 2017-10-01 |