cms_VT: 15

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
15 MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTER GENESIS HEALTHCARE 475012 9 HAYWOOD AVENUE RUTLAND VT 5701 2018-03-22 641 B 0 1 CMTT11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to maintain accurate MDS (Minimum Data Set) documentation for 3 of 33 sampled residents, Resident #37, #81 and #89. Findings include: 1.) Per record review on 3/20/18, the MDS dated [DATE] indicated that Resident #37 did not have restraints and the MDS dated [DATE] indicated that restraints were used less than daily. Per interview with the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at 10:13 AM confirmation was made that the resident does not have restraints and the bed rails do not restrict movement and are used to assist with mobility. Per the side rail assessment completed by the facility, Resident #35 had requested the bed rail and they are used as an enabler in bed mobility. Per observation of the resident's bed, there were 2 upper half rails and they are non-restrictive to the resident's movement or mobility. Per interview with the MDS coordinator on 3/20/18 at 10:18 AM, s/he thought that the bed rails were restraints and confirmed at this time that the MDS was inaccurately documented. 2.) On 3/20/18, per observation, Resident #89 did not have side rails on his/her bed and per review of the medical record, there was MDS documentation dated 11/29/17 that the resident had no restraint. Further review of the medical record presented that the MDS dated [DATE] indicated that the resident had a restraint (side rails) that were used less than daily. Per interview with the LPN, charge nurse on 3/19/18 at 2:52 PM, the resident doesn't have a restraint and doesn't use side rails. Confirmation at 10:18 AM on 3/20/18 from the MDS coordinator that the MDS was inaccurately documented. 3. Medical record review for Resident #81 identified a Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] identified that the resident received an anticoagulant medication for 5 of the last 7 days. The MDS assessment is a Federal mandated assessment, used to determine the resident's health and emotional needs. Confirmation was made by the MDS Coordinator, on 3/20/18 at approximately 8:43 AM that s/he thought [MEDICATION NAME], was an anticoagulant. [MEDICATION NAME] is classified as an anti-platelet medication. 2020-09-01