What F-Tags are in the Resident Rights Deficiencies category?

The Resident Rights Deficiencies category contains 63 CMS F-Tags. The most-cited are F0550, F0584, F0580, F0558, F0578.

How many Resident Rights Deficiencies citations have nursing homes received?

Nursing homes have received 64,315 Resident Rights Deficiencies deficiency citations across 12,923 facilities, per official CMS Health Deficiency data. 557 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.

How do I respond to a Resident Rights Deficiencies citation?

A facility cited under a Resident Rights Deficiencies F-Tag must submit a Plan of Correction within 10 calendar days addressing corrective action, identification of affected residents, systemic changes, monitoring, and a completion date.

Resident Rights Deficiencies F-Tags — Nursing Home Deficiency Citations

The Resident Rights Deficiencies category covers 63 CMS F-Tags. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this category accounts for 64,315 deficiency citations across 12,923 skilled nursing facilities. 557 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.

All F-Tags in Resident Rights Deficiencies, Ranked by Citations

F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 8,999 citations
F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 8,840 citations
F-Tag F0580: Notify of Changes (Injury/Decline/Room etc.) — 6,045 citations
F-Tag F0558: Reasonable Accommodations of Needs/Preferences — 4,617 citations
F-Tag F0578: Request/Refuse/Discontinue Treatment/Formulate Advance Directives — 4,456 citations
F-Tag F0623: Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. — 3,940 citations
F-Tag F0625: Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. — 2,712 citations
F-Tag F0585: Grievances — 2,496 citations
F-Tag F0583: Personal Privacy/Confidentiality of Records — 2,443 citations
F-Tag F0582: Medicaid/Medicare Coverage/Liability Notice — 2,315 citations
F-Tag F0554: Resident Self-Admin Meds-Clinically Appropriate — 2,234 citations
F-Tag F0561: Self Determination — 1,938 citations
F-Tag F0552: Right to be Informed/Make Treatment Decisions — 1,553 citations
F-Tag F0565: Resident/Family Group and Response — 1,233 citations
F-Tag F0622: Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. — 1,087 citations
F-Tag F0557: Respect Dignity/Right to have Personal Property — 1,011 citations
F-Tag F0628: Discharge Process — 876 citations
F-Tag F0577: Right to Survey Results/Advocate Agency Info — 843 citations
F-Tag F0553: Right to Participate in Planning Care — 728 citations
F-Tag F0567: Protection/Management of Personal Funds — 587 citations
F-Tag F0568: Accounting and Records of Personal Funds — 519 citations
F-Tag F0569: Notice and Conveyance of Personal Funds — 515 citations
F-Tag F0576: Right to Forms of Communication with Privacy — 501 citations
F-Tag F0626: Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. — 412 citations
F-Tag F0624: Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. — 402 citations
F-Tag F0559: Choose/Be Notified of Room/Roommate Change — 402 citations
F-Tag F0573: Right to Access/Purchase Copies of Records — 354 citations
F-Tag F0627: Inappropriate Discharges — 330 citations
F-Tag F0551: Rights Exercised by Representative — 282 citations
F-Tag F0570: Surety Bond - Security of Personal Funds — 258 citations
F-Tag F0574: Required Notices and Contact Information — 237 citations
F-Tag F0575: Required Postings — 228 citations
F-Tag F0563: Right to Receive/Deny Visitors — 198 citations
F-Tag F0572: Notice of Rights and Rules — 181 citations
F-Tag F0942: Resident's Rights Training — 134 citations
F-Tag F0620: Admissions Policy — 116 citations
F-Tag F0555: Right to Choose/Be Informed of Attending Physician — 53 citations
F-Tag F0571: Limitations on Charges to Personal Funds — 40 citations
F-Tag F0564: Inform of Visitation Rights/Equal Visitation Privileges — 31 citations
F-Tag F0560: Right to Refuse Certain Transfers — 27 citations
F-Tag F0579: Posting/Notice of Medicare/Medicaid on Admission — 23 citations
F-Tag F0562: Immediate Access to Resident — 16 citations
F-Tag F0241: Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality. — 15 citations
F-Tag F0586: Resident Contact with External Entities — 13 citations
F-Tag F0157: Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. — 12 citations
F-Tag F0566: Right to Participate in Other Activities — 10 citations
F-Tag F0246: Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. — 9 citations
F-Tag F0621: Equal Practices Regardless of Payment Source — 7 citations
F-Tag F0164: Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. — 6 citations
F-Tag F0242: Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care. — 5 citations
F-Tag F0167: Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent inspection. — 5 citations
F-Tag F0166: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. — 3 citations
F-Tag F0159: Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. — 3 citations
F-Tag F0176: Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined safe. — 3 citations
F-Tag F0151: Honor a residents' rights as a residents of the nursing home, free of coercion and reprisal, and as citizens or residents of the United States. — 2 citations
F-Tag F0156: Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. — 2 citations
F-Tag F0155: Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives. — 2 citations
F-Tag F0240: Provide care for each resident in a way that maintains or improves their quality of life. — 1 citations
F-Tag F0243: Provide resident groups or resident family groups with private space to meet. — 1 citations
F-Tag F0244: Listen to the resident groups and act on their complaints and suggestions that affect resident care and life. — 1 citations
F-Tag F0247: Give notice to the resident before a room or roommate change. — 1 citations
F-Tag F0202: Provide written records when a resident is transferred or discharged. — 1 citations
F-Tag F0203: Provide timely notification to the resident before transfer or discharge. — 1 citations

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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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