Transfer and discharge · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
F622 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2023
Alabama cites F622 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share2.05×
2.05 times the share F622 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Alabama citations0.52%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2023, this is the portion that was F622.
Alabama0.52%
National0.25%
Share of all citations that were F622.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F622 findings written in Alabama, 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 28, 2023
Based on interviews, medical record review, review of facility policies titled Discharge and Transfer Policy and DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES, and review of a facility handbook titled A Matter of RIGHTS, the facility failed to ensure:
(1) RI #1 was allowed to remain in the facility when a letter of NOTICE OF APPEAL was presented to facility staff on 07/10/2023.
(2) Resident Identifier (RI) #1's medical records provided evidence RI #1 had been discharged from the facility on 07/07/2023,
(3) RI #1 received written notice of his/her emergent discharge notice in a timely manner to ensure an orderly discharge; and
This deficient practice affected RI #1, one of two residents sampled for transfers and discharges. …
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