Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from unnecessary medications, in accordance with professional standards of practice, for 1 (R #1) of 1 (R #1) resident, when: A medication consent form was not completed as required before administration of a psychotropic medication (medication used to treat mental health conditions).A psychotropic medication gradual dose reduction (GDR; tapering of a medication dose to determine if symptoms, conditions, or risks can be managed by a lower dose) was not attempted or supported by documentation indicating a clinically contraindicated reason likely to impair function or cause psychiatric instability in the resident.This deficient practice is likely to result in residents being administered psychotropic… …
F605 citations in New Mexico
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
New Mexico cites F605 more often than its own record predicts
2.13 times the share F605 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, this is the portion that was F605.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F605 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.
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