F157 in Maryland. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F157 citations were recorded in Maryland for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Maryland surveyors wrote
F157 findings written in Maryland, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedFebruary 27, 2017
Based on interviews with staff and review of medical record and other pertinent documentation, the facility developed and implemented noncompliant systems for admissions, discharges and provision of care that resulted in violations of resident rights including the following. (1) The facility failed to notify or obtain consent from the Responsible Party (RP) for the 10/10/16 admission of a cognitively impaired resident when with review only by business admissions staff and no consideration or evaluation of the residents clinical, functional or psychosocial needs and no oversight or order from the physician, business admissions staff admitted Resident #1 into the facility that did not have capability to meet the resident ' s needs. …
Based on medical record review and interviews with facility staff, it was determined the nursing staff failed to notify the physician in a timely manner of a resident's change in condition (Resident #134). This is evident for 1 of 35 residents selected for review in the Stage 2 survey sample.
The findings included:
On 2/4/16 Nurse #1 writes at 7:30 AM Upon assessment of resident (#134) I found her hard to arouse verbally, sternum rub (hand with direct contact to the chest) aroused resident, resident is normally AXOX2 (alert and oriented to name and place), unable to tell me her name or where she is, unable to keep alert long enough to talk, took nurse manager in the room to assess resident and she found her to be the same, she was able to arouse resident with sternum rub, resident V/S… …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedNovember 21, 2017
Based on medical record review and staff interview, it was determined the facility staff failed to notify the physician of an increased finger stick (FS) for Resident # 1.
The findings include:
Medical record review for Resident # 1 revealed on 7/22/17 at 12:47 PM the physician ordered: [MEDICATION NAME] Pen Fill Solution Cartridge 100 Units/Milliliter (Insulin pen) Inject per sliding scale: for Finger stick of 201 - 250 = 2 units; 251 - 300 = 4 units; 301 - 350 = 6 units; 351 - 400 = 8 units. If finger stick is less than 60 or greater than 400, contact Physician. …
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