Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
F625 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F625 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F625 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, isolatedJune 9, 2021
Based on interview and review of Resident Identifier (RI) #9's medical record, the facility failed to issue a bed-hold notice to the resident and/or their representative when RI #9 was transferred to a local hospital. This deficient practice affected RI #9; one of two sampled residents reviewed for hospitalization .
Findings include:
Review of the facility Admission Packet revealed a section titled Transfer and Discharge that stated We will not transfer a resident to a hospital or allow a resident to go on therapeutic leave without first providing written information to that resident and a family member or legal representative specifying the applicable bed hold policy. …
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