cms_WV: 11505

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
11505 MONTGOMERY GENERAL HOSP., D/P 515081 WASHINGTON STREET AND 6TH AVENUE MONTGOMERY WV 25136 2009-05-29 152 D     E5O711 Based on medical record review, and staff interview, the facility failed to assure the right to make medical decisions for one (1) of ten (10) sampled residents was exercised in accordance with State law (the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act). The facility allowed a health care surrogate (HCS) to transfer decision-making authority to a different family member when the HCS was unavailable. Resident identifier: #4. Facility census: 29. Findings include: a) Resident #4 Review of Resident #4's medical record found the treating physician determined the resident lacked capacity to understand and make informed medical decisions on 04/17/09. The physician appointed Family Member #1 to act as the resident's HCS. Further review found a handwritten, notarized document which appeared to be authored by Family Member #1, transferring the health care decision-making authority to Family Member #2 in the event Family Member #1 could not be reached. On 05/28/09 at 1:00 p.m., the document was shown to two (2) facility nurses (Employees #24 and #27). Each was asked what they would do if Family Member #1 could not be reached to make a health care decision. Both stated that, because the document was notarized, they would contact Family Member #2 to make health care decisions. Review of section 16-30-8 (a) of the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act found the following language, "When a person is or becomes incapacitated, the attending physician or the advanced nurse practitioner with the assistance of other health care providers as necessary, shall select, in writing, a surrogate." The facility allowed a HCS to transfer medical decision-making authority to another individual in violation of the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act. Only the attending physician or advanced nurse practitioner may select a surrogate decision-maker. . 2014-01-01