Based on clinical record review, policy review, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the completion of proper notices and documentation after they did not allow a resident to return to the facility after a hospitalization for 1 of 1 discharged residents reviewed(Resident #8). The facility reported a census of 49 residents. Findings included: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment tool, dated 1/17/25, listed diagnoses for Resident #8 which included bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression and listed the resident's Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score as 14 out of 15, indicating intact cognition. The MDS stated the resident had no behaviors during the review period. …
F626 citations in Iowa
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
Iowa cites F626 less often than its own record predicts
0.75 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Iowa 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 Iowa surveyors wrote
F626 findings written in Iowa, 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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