Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies F-Tags — Nursing Home Deficiency Citations

The Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies category covers 23 CMS F-Tags. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this category accounts for 15,279 deficiency citations across 7,426 skilled nursing facilities. 286 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.

All F-Tags in Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies, Ranked by Citations

1. F-Tag F0725: Sufficient Nursing Staff — 3,232 citations
2. F-Tag F0732: Posted Nurse Staffing Information — 2,832 citations
3. F-Tag F0726: Competent Nursing Staff — 2,611 citations
4. F-Tag F0727: RN 8 Hrs/7 Days/Wk Full Time DON — 2,153 citations
5. F-Tag F0730: Nurse Aide Perform Review-12Hr/Year In-Service — 1,439 citations
6. F-Tag F0947: Required In-Service Training for Nurse Aides — 1,044 citations
7. F-Tag F0711: Physician Visits-Review Care/Notes/Order — 542 citations
8. F-Tag F0712: Physician Visits-Frequency/Timeliness/Alternate NPPs — 475 citations
9. F-Tag F0710: Resident's Care Supervised by a Physician — 342 citations
10. F-Tag F0728: Facility Hiring and Use of Nurse Aide — 249 citations
11. F-Tag F0729: Nurse Aide Registry Verification Retraining — 176 citations
12. F-Tag F0841: Responsibilities of Medical Director — 106 citations
13. F-Tag F0713: Physician for Emergency Care Available 24 Hours — 34 citations
14. F-Tag F0948: Training for Feeding Assistants — 18 citations
15. F-Tag F0714: Physician Delegation of Tasks to NPP — 7 citations
16. F-Tag F0731: Waiver-Licensed Nurses 24Hr/Day and RN Coverage — 5 citations
17. F-Tag F0356: Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis. — 4 citations
18. F-Tag F0386: Make sure that doctors see a resident's plan of care at every visit and make notes about progress and orders in writing. — 3 citations
19. F-Tag F0715: Physician Delegation to Dietitian/Therapist — 2 citations
20. F-Tag F0353: Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being. — 2 citations
21. F-Tag F0498: Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs. — 1 citations
22. F-Tag F0497: 1) Review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews. — 1 citations
23. F-Tag F0389: Give or get emergency care by a doctor 24 hours a day. — 1 citations

Compliance Resources

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Official Sources

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• 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
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