cms_WV: 498

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
498	MERCER NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER	515052	1275 SOUTHVIEW DRIVE	BLUEFIELD	WV	24701	2020-02-04	578	D	0	1	CN2N11	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the resident's advance directives, communicated via the Physician order [REDACTED]. Resident identifier: #38. Facility census: 100. Findings included: a) Resident #38 Review of the medical record found the Resident lacked capacity to make medical decisions, and her son was her legal representative. Review of the current POST form noted the Resident did not wish to be resuscitated, have comfort measures, a feeding tube, or IV fluids for a trial period of no longer than 3-5 days. Under the heading, signature of Patient/Resident, the form noted verbal consent was obtained from (Name of son) via phone on 09/29/19. The physician signed the POST form on 08/01/19, although the POST form indicated the Resident's son did not complete the form until 09/29/19. The date the form was prepared by a facility nurse was 07/29/19. The resident's electronic medical record as well as the current care plan directed, do not attempt resuscitation, or comfort measures. Review of the instructions for the 2016 edition entitled, Using the POST form, section D, found: The patient or representative/surrogate and physician/APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) must sign the form in this section. These signatures are mandatory. A form lacking these signatures is NOT valid. The physician/APRN then prints his/her name, phone number, and the date and time the orders were written. On 01/29/20 at 10:10 AM, the facility social worker (SW) #81 verified the Resident's son did not sign the POST form. SW #81 said she did not know anything about the POST form because she was not present when the POST form was completed. The POST form was discussed with the administrator at 8:06 AM on [DATE]. No further information was provided at the close of the survey at 12:30 PM on [DATE].	2020-09-01