Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to honor the residents' rights to choose their attending physician for 1 (#57) of 23 sampled residents. This deficient practice affected all residents wanting to choose their primary physician and resulted in resident #57 feeling she could not use her primary physician she had built a relationship with and was comfortable using. Findings include:During an observation and interview on 6/27/26 at 3:40 p.m., resident #57 was sitting in a recliner in her room, watching television. Resident #57 was grimacing and stated she was in pain from a fractured elbow. Resident #57 stated she was not happy with the physician she was assigned to when she was admitted and wanted her own physician to manage her care. …
F555 citations in Montana
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
Montana cites F555 more often than its own record predicts
9.68 times the share F555 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana 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 Montana surveyors wrote
F555 findings written in Montana, 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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