F551 in Virginia. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F551 citations were recorded in Virginia 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 Virginia surveyors wrote
F551 findings written in Virginia, 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedMarch 20, 2023
Based on staff interview and facility document review, the facility staff failed to assist the resident representative to transfer the resident to a facility of their choice for 1 of 33 residents in the survey sample, Resident #199.
The findings were:
The facility staff failed to assist the resident's representative with transferring Resident #199 to a nursing home in West Virginia per their preference.
Resident #199's admission record listed his diagnoses included but were not limited to, Covid-19, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and Encephalomyelitis (inflammation of the brain and spinal cord). …
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