Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed permit a resident to return after a hospitalization or therapeutic leave for one (#212) of three residents out of 31 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to reassess Resident #212's status at the time the resident sought to return to the facility after a transfer to the hospital, and did not allow the resident to return to the facility, based upon her status at the time of her transfer to the hospital. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Facility Initiated Transfer or Discharge policy, revised October 2022, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 4/10/25 at 2:51 p.m. …
F626 citations in Colorado
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F626 more often than its own record predicts
3.98 times the share F626 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F626.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F626 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Colorado citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.17% | 1.43× |
| 2024 | 0.45% | 3.31× |
| 2025 | 0.22% | 3.98× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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