cms_SC: 5989

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
5989 MARTHA FRANKS BAPTIST RETIREMENT CENTER 425334 ONE MARTHA FRANKS DRIVE LAURENS SC 29360 2015-01-15 278 D 0 1 9JKN11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to assure that 2 of 12 sampled residents were accurately assessed. Resident #4 had inconsistent coding of communication and cognitive status on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment. Psychiatric [DIAGNOSES REDACTED].#11. The findings included: Record review on 1-14-15 at approximately 10:15 AM revealed that Resident #11 was admitted to the facility with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the 10-26-14 Quarterly MDS Assessment revealed that these [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. During an interview on 1-14-15 at approximately 12:00 PM, the MDS Coordinator confirmed that the psychiatric [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. The facility admitted Resident #4 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 1/13/15 at approximately 2:13 PM, review of the Minimal Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] revealed the resident was coded as understood and usually understands in Section B related to communication. Further review revealed that the question Should Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) be Conducted? was answered No. (resident is rarely/never understood). Continued review of Section C revealed that the staff interview had been conducted regarding the resident's cognitive status instead of attempt made to conduct the resident interview (BIMS). The resident was coded as having short term and long term memory problems and Cognitive Skills for Daily Decision Making was coded as Severely Impaired - never/rarely made decisions. During an interview on 1/14/15 at 10:15 AM, the MDS Coordinator confirmed that the coding of communication on the MDS was inconsistent with the coding of the resident's cognitive status for completion of the BIMS. 2018-07-01