cms_ME: 99

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
99 ORONO COMMONS 205031 117 BENNOCH RD ORONO ME 4473 2019-08-20 758 D 1 0 RVHI11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review and interview the facility failed to ensure an as needed (prn) [MEDICAL CONDITION] medication met the required 14-day limit for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for psychoactive medications (Resident #1). Finding: 1. A review of Resident #1's medical record indicted a Physician order [REDACTED]. Review of the Medication Administration Record [REDACTED]. In addition, the facility failed to clarify the order with the residents physician for a 14 day limit and failed to inform the resident of the risks and benefits of the medication. On 8/20/19 at 12:56 p.m., in an interview with the Nurse Practice Educator, the surveyor confirmed the above findings. 2020-09-01