cms_ME: 27

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
27 MONTELLO MANOR 205006 540 COLLEGE ST LEWISTON ME 4240 2019-12-18 727 D 0 1 UDD011 Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to use the services of a Registered Nurse (RN) for at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week on 1 of 15 days reviewed for RN coverage. Finding: During the entrance conference on 12/16/19 at 9:00 a.m., the Administrator stated they have no nurse staffing waivers. On review of the licensed staff scheduled from 12/1/19 through 12/15/19, the surveyor noted there was no Registered Nurse coverage on 12/15/19. In an interview with the surveyor on 12/16/19 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the staffing scheduler stated there was no Registered Nursing coverage on 12/15/19 and she did not inform the Director of Nursing (DON) until the next day. She stated the DON usually comes in to provide the RN coverage when there is a problem with RN coverage. In an interview with the surveyor on 12/16/19 at 1:03 p.m., the Director of Nursing (DON) stated she usually provides the RN coverage as needed but she was not informed of the shortage until the next day (12/16/19). The DON informed the surveyor there were 2 residents receiving skilled services on 12/15/19. The surveyor confirmed with the DON at this time that the facility provided no RN coverage for 8 consecutive hours on 12/15/19. 2020-09-01