Deficiency Index

F555 citations in Texas

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.

F555 in Texas. Pick another state for the same tag.

Against expectation — 2025

Texas cites F555 less often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share0.81×

0.81 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.

Share of Texas citations0.01%

Of every deficiency written in Texas 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 Texas surveyors wrote

F555 findings written in Texas, 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.

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedNovember 21, 2025

Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to inform the resident if the facility determines that the physician chosen by the resident is unable or unwilling to meet requirements for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #1) reviewed for physician services. The facility failed to inform Resident #1 that his chosen physician did not meet the facility requirements and allow the resident to select a new physician while he was hospitalized beginning on 10/17/2025, leading to the facility refusing readmission of Resident #1. This failure could result in inappropriate discharges or decreased quality of life. …

Country Care Manor

C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadJanuary 28, 2021

Based on interviews and record reviews the facility failed to honor the residents right to choose their own attending physician for 2 of 6 residents (Resident #9, 19) reviewed for resident rights. During group resident council interview, residents said they were concerned that they had to use Physician A (the facility Medical Director), as their Attending Physician while a resident of the facility or they could not stay in the facility. This failure places residents at risk of quality care and treatment due to their lack of free choice for their attending physician care while in the facility. …

Harbor Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Recent years

YearShare of Texas citationsvs expected
20240.04%2.18×
20250.01%0.81×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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