cms_RI: 40

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
40 APPLE REHAB WATCH HILL 415015 79 WATCH HILL ROAD WESTERLY RI 2891 2019-10-04 567 B 1 1 II8Y11 > Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to obtain written authorization for residents whom the facility is holding personal funds relative to 3 of 7 residents reviewed (ID#s 4, 5, and 28). Findings are as follows: Review of the facility's records related to personal needs funds on 10/3/2019 at 9:00 AM revealed the facility was holding funds for Resident ID#s 4, 5, and 28. 1. Record review for Resident ID #4 revealed a Trust Statement with an ending balance of $125.17 on 9/20/2019. A Resident Personal Needs Authorization form dated 3/8/2017 revealed that the resident did not authorize the facility to hold their funds. 2. Record review for Resident ID #5 revealed a Trust Statement with an ending balance of $40.24 on 8/31/2019. A Resident Personal Needs Authorization form dated 6/27/2018 indicated that the resident declined to deposit personal funds with the facility. 3. Record review for Resident ID #28 revealed a Trust Statement with an ending balance of $1,164.68 on 9/20/2019. A Resident Personal Needs Authorization form dated 1/24/2016 revealed that the resident did not authorize the facility to hold their funds. During a surveyor interview with the Business Office Manager on 10/3/2019 at approximately 9:30 AM, she could not provide evidence that the Resident Personal Needs Authorization forms were accurately completed. 2020-09-01