cms_WV: 8031

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.

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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
8031	MERCER NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC	515052	1275 SOUTHVIEW DRIVE	BLUEFIELD	WV	24701	2012-08-07	225	D	0	1	CCLH11	Based on review of sampled personnel records, staff interview, and review of the facility's abuse policy and procedures, the facility failed to make reasonable efforts to uncover information that would indicate an individual was unfit for service as an employee of a nursing home. The facility failed to adequately screen individuals for adverse actions by applicable professional licensing boards, and/or findings entered into the State nurse aide registry concerning abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of resident property before hiring. This was true for two (2) of ten (10) employee personnel files reviewed. Employee identifiers: #27 and #35. Facility census: 53. Findings include: a) Employee #27 Review of the personnel record of Employee #35 found this individual was employed by the facility as a licensed practical nurse on 10/19/2010. An interview with the administrator and the business office assistant, Employee #40, on 08/07/12 at 11: 00 a.m., found the facility was unable to provide verification this employee had been checked through the State nurse aide registry for any potential history of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of resident property. The administrator was also unable to provide evidence Employee #27's nursing license was in good standing before employment. b) Employee #35 Employee #35 was employed by the facility, on 05/07/12, as an environmental service assistant. An interview with the administrator and the business office assistant, Employee #40, on 08/07/12 at 11:00 a.m., found the facility was unable to provide verification this employee had been checked through the State nurse aide registry for any past history of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of resident property. c) Review of the facility's policy for, Abuse, Neglect and Misappropriation of Resident Property: Protection of Resident's/Reporting and investigation, found, section D, Procedures: The facility will screen potential new employees for a history of abuse, neglect or mistreating resident. This includes checking with the appropriate licensing boards and registries .	2016-10-01