Based on record review and interviews, for one of three sampled residents (Resident #1), who had an activated Health Care Proxy with his/her Health Care Agent (HCA) making his/her medical decisions, and had requested a change in attending Physician's for him/her in early October 2024, the Facility failed ensure they honored the residents right to change attending physicians in a timely manner, when the requested was not facilitated until two months later. Findings include: Review of the Commonewealth of Massachusetts Notice of Nursing Facility Resident's Rights, dated as last revised 01/2001, indicated that when one enters a nursing facility, you do not lose your rights as an individual and the nursing home must protect and promote your rights and the rights of each resident. …
F555 citations in Massachusetts
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Massachusetts cites F555 more often than its own record predicts
1.69 times the share F555 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Massachusetts in 2024, this is the portion that was F555.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Massachusetts surveyors wrote
F555 findings written in Massachusetts, 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.
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