cms_VT: 21

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
21 BURLINGTON HEALTH & REHAB 475014 300 PEARL STREET BURLINGTON VT 5401 2019-01-29 758 D 1 0 4VXC11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on interview and record review the facility failed to to ensure that residents drug regimens were free from unnecessary [MEDICAL CONDITION] drug use for 1 of 4 residents in the applicable sample (Resident #1). Findings include: Per record review, a physician's orders [REDACTED]. On 11/8/18, the pharmacy consultation report identified that Resident #1's [MEDICATION NAME] was ordered for greater than 14 days without a stop date. Per regulation, providers are required to document the indication for use, the intended duration of therapy, and the rationale for the extended time period. There was no evidence in the record that the provider acted upon this recommendation. Per review of Resident #1's Medication Administration Record [REDACTED]. Per interview on 1/29/19 at 4:38 PM with the Director of Nursing (DNS), s/he confirmed that the medication was not stopped after the 14 day period; and that there was no evidence of physician justification for extending the medication beyond the 14 day period in the medical record. 2020-09-01