Notice before transfer or discharge · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
F623 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Alabama cites F623 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.36×
0.36 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Alabama citations0.36%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2024, this is the portion that was F623.
Alabama0.36%
National1.02%
Share of all citations that were F623.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F623 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.
F · No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadAugust 8, 2024
Based on record review, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to notify the Ombudsman of hospital transfers in writing for three of three residents (Resident (R) 16, R38, and R93) out of a total sample of 35 residents reviewed for hospitalization . This had the potential for the residents to have no added protection if the residents were being inappropriately discharged or transferred so they could inform them of their rights and options.
Findings include:
Review of the facility's policy titled, Transfer and Discharge of a Resident (including AMA [against medical advice], revised 02/04, revealed no information regarding the facility's responsibility of notifying the Ombudsman of transfers and discharges.
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C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadApril 29, 2021
Based on document review and staff interview, the facility failed to notify the Ombudsman of a resident's transfer to the hospital for three of three residents (Resident Identifier (RI) #27,112 and 72) reviewed who were transferred to the hospital.
Findings include:
Review of RI #27's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed an admitted [DATE] with diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . The EMR stated RI #27 was transferred and admitted to the hospital on 04/12/21 and returned on 04/14/21.
Review of RI #73's EMR revealed an admitted [DATE] with diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] .
Review of RI #112's EMR revealed an admitted [DATE] with diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . …
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