cms_PR: 38

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
38 RYDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC 405018 355 AVE FONT MARTELO HUMACAO PR 792 2018-08-16 623 D 0 1 88RA11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on staff interview and medical record review, the facility failed to notify the designated State Ombudsman of a hospital transfer, and the reasons for the transfer, for one out of one sampled residents reviewed for hospital transfers, (Resident (R) 101), from a total sample of eight residents. Findings include: Review of R101's undated Admission Sheet, indicated the facility admitted the resident on 04/21/18. R101 had a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the Progress Notes for R101 revealed the facility transferred the resident to the hospital on [DATE] at 7:45 PM for, .left hip swelling. Patient will be hospitalized for [REDACTED]. The facility did not provide a policy regarding the notification of the State Ombudsman when a resident was transferred to the hospital. During an interview on 08/16/18 at 11:45 AM, the Director of Nursing (DON) stated the facility did not notify the Ombudsman when the R101 transferred to the hospital. The DON stated neither she, nor the social worker, were aware of the new requirement to notify the Ombudsman of hospital transfers. The DON further stated the facility did not have a policy and procedure for notifying the State Ombudsman. 2020-09-01