F-Tag F0773 — Lab Services Physician Order/Notify of Results
Category: Administration Deficiencies
F-Tag F0773 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering lab services physician order/notify of results. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 530 times across 508 unique facilities. 13 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is L.
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0773
- Ohio — 99 citations
- California — 65 citations
- Pennsylvania — 40 citations
- Massachusetts — 29 citations
- Texas — 26 citations
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