cms_ME: 6

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
6 CEDARS NURSING CARE CENTER 205003 630 OCEAN AVENUE PORTLAND ME 4112 2019-02-28 758 E 0 1 51MR11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure monitoring for side effects of antipsychotic medications are completed timely for 3 of 5 residents reviewed for unnecessary medications ( #19, #38 and #72). Findings: The facility's Antipsychotic Medication Use, Policy and Implementation indicated: An AIMS (Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale) test will be performed on any resident taking antipsychotic medication every 6 months. 1. On 2/26/19 at 11:00 a.m. during a review of Resident #19's clinical record a surveyor noted an order for [REDACTED]. On 2/26/19 at 12:05 p.m., in an interview with a Registered Nurse, Informatics Specialist, the surveyor confirmed that the AIMS test had not been completed since 2/7/18. 2. On 2/26/19 during a review of Resident #38's clinical record, the surveyor noted a physician's orders [REDACTED]. Resident #38's current physician orders [REDACTED]. The clinical record revealed an AIMS test was not completed. 3. On 2/26/19 during a review of Resident #72's clinical record, a surveyor noted a physician's orders [REDACTED]. Resident #72's current physician orders [REDACTED]. The clinical record revealed an AIMS test was not completed. On 2/26/19 at 11:21 a.m., during an interview with a Registered Nurse/Informatics Specialists, a surveyor confirmed the above findings 2020-09-01