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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
1371 LIFE CARE CENTER OF ELKHORN 285134 20275 HOPPER STREET ELKHORN NE 68022 2019-02-19 867 L 1 0 2BLY11 > LICENSURE REFERENCE NUMBER 175 NAC 12-006.07C Based on record review and staff interviews; the facility Quality Assurance (QA) program failed to identify ongoing issues relevant to F580, F600, F684, F686, F690, F692, F726 and F730 and implement plans of action to identify and correct the deficient practice. The facility staff identified a census of 105. Findings are: Record review of the facility policy and procedure for Quality Improvement revised on 6-26-2009 revealed the following information: -Policy: This facility actively participates in a formal, written quality assessment, assurance and improvement process. The comprehensive process involves all facility departments. The process included monitoring, evaluation, and follow up action. -Committee Recommendation: -Recommendation may include, but are not limited to, the following: - Communication methods to disseminate information to resident, staff, family members, community organizations, and/or regulatory agencies. On 2-12-2019 at 7:45 AM an interview was conducted with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) [NAME] During the interview when asked what the facility QA committee was working on, LPN G stated I'm not sure. On 2-12-2019 at 7:45 AM an interview was conducted with LPN H. During the interview when asked what the QA committee was working on, LPN H reported could not remember. On 2-12-2019 at 7:50 AM an interview was conducted with Nursing Assistant (NA) B. During the interview, NA B reported not sure what the QA committee was working on. On 2-12-2019 at 9:27 AM a interview was conducted with NA I. During the interview, NA I reported not being aware of what the QA committee was working on. On 2-12-2019 at 9:32 AM an interview was conducted with LPN [NAME] During the interview, LPN J reported not knowing what the QA committee was working on. On 2-12-2019 at 10:30 AM an interview was conducted with Registered Nurse (RN) K. During the interview RN K reported not being aware of what the QA committee was working on. 2020-09-01