Based on record review, and family member and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure one of one resident reviewed for billing (Resident (R) 3's) Family Member (F1) was provided with a timely refund for paying for a private room and failed to review the resident's billing for accuracy. As a result of this deficient practice, the resident was billed for excessive charges, and the bill was sent to collections for an unjustified charge.Findings include:Review of R3's Face Sheet located in the electronic medical record (EMR) under the Face Sheet tab, revealed an admission date of 1/5/2024 and discharge date of 2/1/2024.During an interview on 7/1/2025 at 10:07 AM, Family Member (F) 1 explained the desire to have R3 in a private room and on 1/10/2024 they paid $3720, as requested by the… …
F579 citations in Georgia
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Georgia cites F579 more often than its own record predicts
10.32 times the share F579 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2025, this is the portion that was F579.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F579 findings written in Georgia, 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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