cms_GA: 2709

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
2709	COUNTRYSIDE HEALTH CENTER	115592	233 CARROLLTON STREET	BUCHANAN	GA	30113	2018-01-05	582	B	0	1	RXF711	Based on record review and staff interview it was determined that the facility failed to provide Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC) to three (3) of three (3) selected residents; one resident (R#150) with a planned discharge and two residents (R#41) and (R#11) discharged from Medicare Part A Services, that chose to remain in the facility. Sample size was 30 residents. Facility census was 51 residents. Findings include: On 1/03/18 at 11:35 a.m. A review was conducted on three selected residents that received beneficiary protection notification from the facility. One resident (R#150) voluntarily discharged and two remained in the facility with services discontinued; residents (R#41) and (R#11). Review of records for R#41 indicates that services for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech were initiated on 12/6/17 with services ending 12/31/17, date of Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (SNFABN) was 12/27/17. No evidence was found that the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC) (CMS ) form was provided to the resident by the facility. Review of records for R#11 indicates that services for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech were initiated on 9/26/17 with services ending 11/24/17, date of Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (SNFABN) was 11/21/17. No evidence was found that the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC) (CMS ) form was provided to the resident by the facility. Review of records for R#150 indicates that services were initiated on 11/17/17 with services ending 11/30/17, date of Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (SNFABN) was not found. No evidence was found that the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC) (CMS ) form was provided to the resident by the facility. During an interview on 1/03/18 at 11:35 a.m. with the Social Services Director, she confirmed that she handles all the beneficiary notifications. She further stated the facility uses the SNFABN (CMS ) form only and that she has never given the NOMNC (CMS ) form to the residents. She stated that she thought that the SNFABN (CMS ) form was enough. An interview was conducted on 1/03/18 at 2:10 p.m. with the Social Services Director. At that time, she stated that she had just had a phone call with the facility corporate MDS Coordinator and he informed her that she should be providing both forms, the NOMNC (CMS ) form as well as the SNF ABN (CMS ) form to residents when services were ending. She confirmed she now understands the process and will make changes immediately.	2020-09-01