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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
16 WINSTON COUNTY NURSING HOME 255072 17560 EAST MAIN STREET LOUISVILLE MS 39339 2016-02-24 224 D 0 1 MMRK11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review, staff interview and the facility's policy review, the facility failed to properly screen new employees for abuse and neglect through the appropriate state agencies as evidenced by lack of fingerprints for one (1) of five (5) new employee records reviewed; (Employee #1). Findings Include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Abuse, Neglect, and Mistreatment of [REDACTED]. Record review for new hires revealed Employee #1 had a fingerprint background check for abuse and neglect through the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Criminal History Record Check Unit (MCIC) on 12/23/15. Review of a Letter from MCIC, dated 12/29/15, revealed, The fingerprints of (Employee #1) failed to meet quality standards and have been returned from MCIC. Please re-fingerprint and re-submit for processing. During an interview on 02/23/16 at 1:50 PM, the facility's Human Resources Employee (HR) stated she had not re- fingerprinted the Employee #1. It fell through the cracks. On 3/23/16 at 2:25 PM, an interview with the facility's Human Resource Employee revealed, I am leaving a note at the nurses' desk to be reprinted today, she (Employee #1) works 3-11. Review of the facility's Employee checklist, not dated, revealed, Employee fingerprinted and copy received. 2020-09-01