Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to ensure that residents were provided copies of their personal and medical records upon written request within the required timeframe for one resident (#82). The deficient practice could result in resident rights being violated.Findings include:Resident #82 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], with diagnoses that included lack of coordination, difficulty walking, weakness, anemia, repeated falls, shortness of breath, hyperkalemia, hypertension, atherosclerotic heart disease, and adult failure to thrive.A review of a General Durable Power of Attorney (POA) document dated and signed on April 2, 2023, was uploaded into Resident #82's medical record and revealed that he elected to have his daughter… …
F573 citations in Arizona
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Arizona cites F573 more often than its own record predicts
2.35 times the share F573 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Arizona in 2023, this is the portion that was F573.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arizona surveyors wrote
F573 findings written in Arizona, 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.
Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and policy and procedures, the facility failed to provide medical records within the required time frame to one resident (#354). Findings include: Resident #354 was admitted to the facility on (MONTH) 15, (YEAR) with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. The discharge MDS (Minimum Data Set) assessment dated (MONTH) 12, (YEAR) revealed the resident had a BIMS (Brief Interview of Mental Status) score of 13 indicating the resident was cognitively intact. …
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