Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to provide a rationale to act upon a third party guarantee of payment to the facility for one (#3) of one resident out of 36 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure they did not violate federal guidelines for placing a [NAME] on Resident #3's property for $28,000.Findings include:I. Professional referenceAccording to Justice In Aging's Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices Put Residents' Family And Friends At Risk (11/1/24), retrieved on 6/15/26 from https://justiceinaging.org/nursing-home-debt-collection-practices/#post-50332-footnote-1, Federal law prohibits a nursing home from conditioning a nursing home resident's admission or continued stay on a third party's personal guarantee to be financially… …
F620 citations in Colorado
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F620 more often than its own record predicts
3.57 times the share F620 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F620.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F620 findings written in Colorado, 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 record review and interviews the facility failed to ensure they did not require residents to waive facility liability for loss of personal property for all residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure that the language in the facility admission agreement did not release the facility from liability for the loss of resident ' s personal items at discharge. In addition, the facility's policy failed to specify the extent of their responsibility for residents lost or missing personal property. Findings include: 1.Facilty policies and agreements The facility admission agreement, undated, and provided by the admissions representative (ADM) on 1/24/19 at 1:30 p.m., .the facility shall make reasonable efforts to safeguard the resident ' s personal belongings after discharge. …
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