cms_GA: 3231

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
3231 FOUNTAIN BLUE REHAB AND NURSING 115636 3051 WHITESIDE ROAD MACON GA 31216 2018-11-27 580 D 1 0 SH9Z11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to notify the responsible party, in a timely manner, of the development of a pressure ulcer for one resident (A) from a total sample of six residents. Findings include: Resident (R) A had a new physician's orders [REDACTED]. During an interview on 11/27/18 at 2:08 p.m. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) AA stated that on 10/5/18 the order was written for a pressure ulcer. The pressure ulcer was a closed, dark, Deep Tissue Injury (DTI). However, there was no evidence in the clinical record that the resident's responsible party was notified of the pressure ulcer or treatment ordered on [DATE]. On 10/18/18 the consultant wound care physician evaluated R [NAME] A nurse note entry documented an unsuccessful attempt to notify the resident's responsible party and second contact person of the wound care physician's visit and wound debridement that occurred on 10/18/18. However, after the initial documented attempt on 10/18/18, there was no further evidence in the clinical record that further attempts were made to notify R A responsible party of the pressure ulcer to the sacrum until 11/1/18. During an interview on 11/27/18 at 2:43 p.m., R A's responsible party confirmed that she was not notified of when the pressure ulcer was first identified. 2020-09-01