cms_AK: 42

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
42	WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER LTC	25015	P.O. BOX 1081	WRANGELL	AK	99929	2019-04-24	585	D	0	1	FNNN11	Based on record review, interview and policy review, the facility failed to provide a written response to 1 resident's (#7) grievance that included: a statement that the grievance was confirmed/not confirmed; actions to be taken by the facility; date grievance was resolved; and date the written decision was given to the resident. This failed practice denied 1 resident (out of a census of 12) their right to participate in improving their experience and to receiving responses in a timely manner. Findings: Record review on 4/17/19 at 8:43 am, of the grievance log revealed there was no follow up process or outcome recorded for a grievance filed by Resident #7 on 12/27/18. The facility was unable to provide evidence that the grievance was resolved in a timely manner or that a written decision was provided in response to the grievance. During an interview on 4/17/19 at 8:45 am, the Grievance Officer (GO) revealed that he/she had not documented the investigation to address the grievance, nor did he/she document the date the grievance was resolved. The GO further stated the issue was resolved several months later, however, could not recall an actual date of completion, and did not provide a written response to the resident. Review on 4/16/19 of the facility's policy entitled, Grievance Policy, last reviewed on 3/2019, revealed, The Administrator and staff will make prompt efforts to resolve grievances to the satisfaction of the resident and/or representative .the Compliance (Grievance) Officer will receive and track grievances through to their conclusion .the resident .will be informed by written decision and this will include: a) The date the grievance was received. b) A summary statement of the grievance received. c) The steps taken to investigate the grievance. d) A summary of the pertinent findings or conclusions regarding the grievance. e) A statement as to whether the grievance was confirmed or not confirmed. f) Any corrective action taken or to be taken by the facility as a result of the grievance. g) The date the written decision was issued.	2020-09-01