F-Tag F0635 — Admission Physician Orders for Immediate Care
Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Official CMS facts
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
According to the loaded CMS Health Deficiency records, this tag has 220 citations across 208 unique facilities. 14 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity is K.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0635
- Texas — 59 citations
- California — 23 citations
- Florida — 19 citations
- Michigan — 17 citations
- Virginia — 14 citations
Related F-Tags in Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
- F-Tag F0656 — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (14,820 citations)
- F-Tag F0657 — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (8,745 citations)
- F-Tag F0842 — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (8,039 citations)
- F-Tag F0641 — Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (7,338 citations)
- F-Tag F0658 — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (6,892 citations)
POCDesk summary and practical use
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Source, freshness, and limitations
CMS nursing-home Provider Data is the source for the descriptive citation counts above. Counts may change as CMS updates data, and missing measures remain unknown rather than zero. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and POCDesk’s editorial standards.
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