cms_AK: 57

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
57	WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER LTC	25015	P.O. BOX 1081	WRANGELL	AK	99929	2018-04-30	585	C	0	1	O8F911	Based on record review and interview the facility failed to ensure the grievance policy included all necessary components. Specifically, the grievance policy did not address: 1) all the processes for written grievance decision; and 2) immediately reporting all alleged violations involving neglect and/or abuse, to the administrator, reporting which is required by state law. This failed practice placed all residents (based on a census of 10) at risk of not receiving feedback for grievances filed with the facility and placed them at risk for potential abuse and/or neglect from unreported allegations. Findings: Grievance Policy Review of the facility policy provided on 4/24/18, titled Grievance Policy Date of Revision 3/2017, revealed the following elements were not addressed in the policy: 1) Written grievances decisions include all required information; and 2) Immediately reporting certain allegations as required. During an interview on 4/27/18 at 3:17 pm, the Grievance Officer confirmed the policy did not contain the complete information.	2020-09-01