cms_GA: 9977

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
9977 JAMES B CRAIG CENTER 11A556 CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL MILLEDGEVILLE GA 31062 2010-05-19 278 D 0 1 9MHY11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview the facility failed to ensure that the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment accurately reflected the status of one (1) resident (#4) of the sampled twenty-five (25) residents. Findings include: Observation on 5/18/10 at 8:05 a.m., revealed that resident #4 was in the day room sitting in the geri-chair with both feet uncovered. There were multiple pressure sores on the feet. Continued observation revealed the following pressure sores: five centimeters (5cm) black eschar on the inner side of both heels; a one-by-one centimeter (1x1 cm) dried scab area on the plantar side of the left foot; great toe on the right foot with a two (2 cm) dried scab; and the second and fourth toe on the right foot with a 0.1 cm scabbed area. Review of the clinical record revealed that the resident returned from the hospital on [DATE] with the pressure sores and attends a wound care clinic every other week. Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) completed on 5/4/10 revealed no evidence that the pressures sores had been assessed and/or coded in Section "M", questions #1, #2, #3 and #5, even though the resident had pressure sores during the assessment period. During interview on 5/18/10 at 8:15 a.m. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) "HH" acknowledged that the pressure sores were present on re-admission to the facility. During interview on 5/18/10 at 8:25 a.m., the physician, while observing the pressure sores, acknowledged the pressure sores were present on re-admission to the facility from the hospital. 2015-04-01