Based on interview, record review, review of the facility's admission Agreement and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide information regarding a resident's right to choose an attending physician for one (Resident (R)1) of three sampled residents reviewed for facility's admissions process in a total sample of 21 residents. This had the potential R1's rights not to be upheld and honor his/her right to have a physician of his choice.Review of the facility's policy titled, admission Agreement dated 08/18, indicated, Policy statement All residents must have a signed and dated admission agreement on file. Policy Interpretation and Implementation 1. At the time of admission, the resident (or his/her representative) must sign an admission agreement (contract). 2. …
F555 citations in New Jersey
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 — 2025
New Jersey cites F555 more often than its own record predicts
3.55 times the share F555 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Jersey in 2025, 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 New Jersey surveyors wrote
F555 findings written in New Jersey, 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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