Based on interviews, document review and record review, the facility had an established transfer/discharge policy, but failed to follow and implement that policy and did not comply with regulations that apply to discharges. Specifically, R1 was sent to the Emergency Department (ED) and hospitalized for further care. His Representative had the expectation R1 would return to the facility, but when he was ready for discharge, the facility refused to let him return and resume residence. Findings include: 1) R1 had been a resident at the facility since 03/07/2024. On 05/31/2024, he was transferred to the Emergency Department for a higher level of care. …
F626 citations in Hawaii
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 — 2024
Hawaii cites F626 more often than its own record predicts
1.63 times the share F626 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Hawaii in 2024, 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 Hawaii surveyors wrote
F626 findings written in Hawaii, 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.
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