cms_ME: 49

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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
49 NEWTON CENTER 205012 35 JULY STREET SANFORD ME 4073 2018-12-13 641 B 0 1 IWWA11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on medical records review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that a Minimum Data Set, version 3.0 (MDS) was accurately coded for 3 of 37 residents reviewed for accuracy of assessment (#44, #47 & #61). Findings: 1. Review of Resident #44's MDS, dated [DATE], was coded, in Section A1500, to indicate that the resident did not have a Level II Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR), by coding no to the question Has the resident been evaluated by Level II PASRR and determined to have a serious mental illness and/or mental [MEDICAL CONDITION] or a related condidtion? Documentation in the medical record revealed that a Level II PASRR was completed on 1/19/18. On 12/13/18, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., in an interview with two MDS Coordinators, a surveyor confirmed that Section A1500 was miscoded for Level II Preadmission Screening and Resident Review. 2. Review of Resident #47's MDS, dated [DATE], was coded, in Section N0400E, to indicate that the resident received an anticoagulant during the 7 day look back period. Documentation in the medical record revealed that the resident did not have a physicia'ns order for an anticoagulant. On 12/13/18, in an interview with two MDS Coordinators, a surveyor confirmed that Section N0400E was miscoded for use of anticoagulant. 3. Resident #61's MDS, dated [DATE], was coded, in Section N: Medications, N0400A to indicate that the resident received an antipsychotic during the 7 day look back period. A medical record review revealed that the resident did not have an order for [REDACTED].>On 12/12/18 at 9:36 a.m. in an interview with the MDS Coordinator, a surveyor confirmed the coding error for Section N0400[NAME] 2020-09-01