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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
8241 THE METHODIST OAKS 425131 151 LOVELY DRIVE ORANGEBURG SC 29115 2012-02-29 225 D 0 1 5WM211 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey based on interview and record review, the facility failed to report an injury of unknown origin to the appropriate State agency for 1 of 1 sampled residents reviewed with an injury of unknown origin. (Resident #5) The findings included: Resident #5 was re-admitted on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Record review on 2/27/12 at approximately 2:15pm revealed a nursing note dated 1/3/12 which indicated that the resident was seated in wheelchair in doorway of room with skin tears to arms, knot noted on back of head - sent to ER (emergency room ). Review of Incident report on 2/28/12 at approximately 10:30am indicated that a nurse and CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) entered room after a loud noise was heard. When asked what had happened, the resident stated he was trying to go downstairs to put out the fire. The incident report did not indicate where in the room the resident was located when found. Review of the resident's most recent Minimal Data Set of 2/14/12 indicated a BIMS (Brief Interview for Mental Status) of 7. A BIMS score of 0-7 indicates severe cognitive impairment. Interview on 2/28/12 with the Administrator indicated that the incident had not been reported any State agency. Communication with the Bureau of Certification Compliant Intake Officer verified that the incident had not been reported to the agency. Based on the information in the nursing notes and the incident report, the occurrence met the definition of an injury of unknown origin. Therefore, it should have been reported to the appropriate State agency within 24 hours of its occurrence and a further investigation should have occurred and been documented. 2016-06-01