Pharmacy Service Deficiencies F-Tags — Nursing Home Deficiency Citations
The Pharmacy Service Deficiencies category covers 13 CMS F-Tags. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this category accounts for 45,270 deficiency citations across 12,461 skilled nursing facilities. 499 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.
All F-Tags in Pharmacy Service Deficiencies, Ranked by Citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 13,378 citations
- F-Tag F0755: Pharmacy Services/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records — 8,756 citations
- F-Tag F0758: Psychotropic Drugs-PRN Use — 6,186 citations
- F-Tag F0759: Free of Medication Error Rates of 5% or More — 4,762 citations
- F-Tag F0760: Residents are Free of Significant Medication Errors — 4,755 citations
- F-Tag F0756: Drug Regimen Review Report Irregularities Act On — 3,983 citations
- F-Tag F0757: Drug Regimen is Free From Unnecessary Drugs — 3,389 citations
- F-Tag F0431: Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards. — 24 citations
- F-Tag F0329: Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being. — 12 citations
- F-Tag F0428: At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor. — 8 citations
- F-Tag F0333: Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors. — 6 citations
- F-Tag F0425: Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. — 6 citations
- F-Tag F0332: Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. — 5 citations
Compliance Resources
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Official Sources
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- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
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