Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to fully inform the resident and/or representative of alternative psychotropic medication options by failing to identify target behaviors (TBs) or non-pharmacologic interventions (NPIs) on psychotropic medication (medications that affect a person's mental state, emotions, and behavior) consent forms for 5 of 5 residents (#5, #8, #4, #30, #42). The facility reported a census of 43 residents. Findings include:1.Resident #5's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] identified a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 04 out of 15 which indicated severely impaired cognition. It included diagnoses of non-Alzheimer's dementia with other behavioral disturbances, and depression. …
F552 citations in Iowa
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Iowa cites F552 less often than its own record predicts
0.62 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2025, this is the portion that was F552.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F552 findings written in Iowa, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Iowa citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.11% | 0.28× |
| 2025 | 0.34% | 0.62× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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