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 Tennessee. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Tennessee cites F625 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.40×
0.40 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Tennessee citations0.12%
Of every deficiency written in Tennessee in 2025, this is the portion that was F625.
Tennessee0.12%
National0.29%
Share of all citations that were F625.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Tennessee surveyors wrote
F625 findings written in Tennessee, 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, isolatedJanuary 30, 2025
Based on facility policy, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure a written copy of a bed hold notice prior to or within 24 hours of transfer to the hospital was provided for three of three residents (Resident (R) 49, R259, and R76) and/or their representatives reviewed for hospitalization out of 31 sample residents.
Findings include:
1.Review of the facility's policy titled, Bed Hold Notice-Hospital and therapeutic Leave, revised 07/18, revealed If a resident of this facility is hospitalized or on therapeutic leave, the following is our established policy to hold a bed or room for return: policy is to allow a bed hold agreement for hospital, therapeutic, or a leave of absence to not exceed 10 days. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadSeptember 5, 2024
Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure bed hold notifications were provided to residents and residents' responsible party for six residents (Resident (R) 10, R17, R37, R7, R62, and R275) of nine residents reviewed for bed hold notification. Due to this failure the residents and their responsible parties were not informed of the bed hold policy prior to or immediately following the residents' transfer to the hospital. This failure had the possibility to affect every resident (current census of 82 Residents) that was transferred to the hospital during their stay at the facility and placed the residents at risk for losing their bed. …
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