cms_TN: 5281

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
5281 LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER 445354 215 LACKEY LANE RIPLEY TN 38063 2017-05-05 156 D 0 1 QMFO11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form review and interview the facility failed to provide the appropriate liability and appeal notice for 2 of 3 (Residents #2 and #6) sampled residents reviewed for liability and appeal notices. The findings included: 1. The facility did not have a policy regarding Advanced Beneficiary Notices (ABN) but provided a typed statement that documented, Lauderdale Community Living Center uses the guidelines set forth by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the completion of Advanced Beneficiary Notices. The facility supplied the survey team with a copy of Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notices from the .Centers for Medicare & (and) Medicaid Services which documented, .The ABN allows the beneficiary to make an informed decision about whether to get the item or service that may not be covered and accept financial responsibility if Medicare does not pay. If the beneficiary does not get written notice when it is required, he or she may not be held financially liable if Medicare denies payment, and you may be financially liable if Medicare does not pay . 2. The ABN form for Resident #2 did not document a date that skilled services would end. The form was signed by the resident's representative on [DATE]. 3. The ABN form for Resident #6 did not document a date that skilled services would end. The form was signed by the resident's representative on [DATE]. 4. Interview with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator on [DATE] at 9:05 AM, in the Conference Room, the MDS Coordinator was shown the ABN forms for Residents #2 and #6 and was asked what day their coverage expired and if that date should be on the form that the resident or resident's representative signed. The MDS Coordinator stated, Absolutely .learned that yesterday .there was a form I didn't have .I know they have three days to appeal .I did learn that yesterday . The MDS Coordinator was unable to identify the date the coverage expired for Resident #2 and 6. 2019-04-01