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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
86 THE PILLARS OF BILOXI 255093 2279 ATKINSON ROAD BILOXI MS 39531 2019-05-15 623 D 0 1 0E0S11 Based on facility policy review, record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to provide written notification to the Ombudsman regarding hospital transfers, for two (2) of six (6) residents who were reviewed for transfers, Resident #106 and Resident #46. Findings Include: Review of the facility's undated Documentation RE: Transfer/Discharge revealed, Policy Statement: It is the policy of this facility that when a resident is transferred or discharged his or her medical records be documented as to the reasons why such action was taken .Procedure 5. Facility will notify the local ombudsman of the discharge and reason for the discharge. Review of an undated, written statement provided, and signed by the Administrator, confirmed there are no discharge/transfer logs for (MONTH) and (MONTH) 2019. Resident #106 Review of the electronic health record for Resident #106 revealed in (MONTH) 2019, Resident #106 was discharged to the hospital for surgery. Further review of the record failed to produce any record of the Ombudsman being notified of the transfer of Resident #106 to the hospital. Resident #46 Review of the electronic health record for Resident #46 revealed in (MONTH) 2019, Resident #46 was discharged to the hospital due to an Acute Ischemic Stroke. Further review of the record failed to produce any record of the Ombudsman being notified of the transfer of Resident #46 to the hospital. An attempt was made to review the Ombudsman notification records for (MONTH) and (MONTH) of 2019, and the facility failed to produce the requested records by the survey exit. On 5/15/19 at 10:15 AM, an interview with the Business Office Manager (BOM) was conducted. The BOM stated someone else was responsible for notifying the Ombudsman in (MONTH) and (MONTH) 2019, and there were no records available for review to confirm the notifications were sent. On 5/15/19 at 10:20 AM, an interview with the RN Nurse Consultant (RNNC) was conducted. The RNNC confirmed there were no records available that documented the notification of the ombudsman of the two (2) hospital transfers/discharges. 2020-09-01