Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide the right to access personal and medical records pertaining to him or herself upon an oral or written request 1 (R #1) of 3 (R #1, R #2, and R #3) residents sampled for residents rights, when the facility failed to allow R #1's POA (the legally appointed person (the agent or attorney-in-fact) to make decisions or act on their behalf regarding financial, legal, or medical matters) [because R #1 did not have the capacity to on her own] to obtain R #1's medical record. If residents or their representatives acting on their behalf are not able to access their medical record, then they may not have the information needed to make healthcare decisions. The findings are:A. …
F573 citations in New Mexico
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 — 2025
New Mexico cites F573 more often than its own record predicts
1.18 times the share F573 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, 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 New Mexico surveyors wrote
F573 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of New Mexico citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.10% | 1.17× |
| 2025 | 0.11% | 1.18× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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