Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to routinely provide residents and/or their representatives oral and written information on how to apply for and use Medicare and/or Medicaid benefits for 4 of 5 sampled residents (Resident 12, 313, 262, and 263), reviewed for admission. This failure placed residents and/or their representatives at risk of not being fully informed of their Medicare/Medicaid rights, unmet care needs, and a diminished quality of life. Findings included . <Resident 12> According to the 03/09/2025 admission assessment, Resident 12 admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses which included muscle weakness and bacterial blood infection. Resident 12 was cognitively intact and able to clearly verbalize their needs. …
F579 citations in Washington
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Washington cites F579 more often than its own record predicts
3.16 times the share F579 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Washington 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 Washington surveyors wrote
F579 findings written in Washington, 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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