cms_SC: 6516

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
6516 MILLENNIUM POST ACUTE REHABILITATION 425105 2416 SUNSET BOULEVARD WEST COLUMBIA SC 29169 2015-01-08 153 D 1 0 LD4111 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on review of facility files and interview, the facility failed to ensure the resident or his/her legal representative had access to all records pertaining to him/herself including clinical records and to purchase photocopies of the records or any portions of them upon request and two working days advance notice to the facility. Resident #2's legal representative submitted multiple requests to the facility for a copy of the resident's medical record. The facility had no documentation of the request and had not released copies of the medical record. One of one resident's reviewed for medical record request. The findings included: Review of information provided to the State Agency revealed requests for Resident #2's medical record were sent to the facility on [DATE], 10/14/14 and 11/21/14. A copy of the Request and Authorization form signed by the resident was attached to each request. In an interview with the surveyor on 12/23/14 at approximately 2:50 PM, the medical records person stated that s/he had received only three requests for medical records since 7/1/14. The surveyor reviewed the three requests and noted the above requests were not included in the information provided. The medical records person stated that all record requests received by the facility should be forwarded to him/her. The medical records person keeps the request and what is copied together. At approximately 3:30 PM, the medical records person stated s/he does not keep a log of requests received or when the records are released. The medical records person also does not track if the records are mailed or picked up in person. In a telephone interview with the surveyor on 1/8/15 at approximately 1:35 PM, Resident #2 stated his/her legal representative requested a copy of his/her medical record from the facility but had not received it. 2018-01-01