Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to allow 1 (R #7) of 2 (R #7 and R #39) residents reviewed for hospice and pressure ulcers to choose the attending physician when they refused to accept medical orders for R #7's pressure ulcers from her hospice physician, instead sending R #7 to appointments at a wound clinic to obtain medical orders and care for pressure ulcers. If the facility does not allow residents to choose the physicians that are responsible for their care, then residents could experience feelings of frustration and depression. The findings are:A. Record review of R #7's admission Record revealed she was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with the following diagnoses:1. Osteomyelitis (inflammation of bone and bone marrow),2. …
F555 citations in New Mexico
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.
No F555 citations were recorded in New Mexico for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F555 findings written in New Mexico, 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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