Based on record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure provider documentation of resident needs that cannot be met and facility attempts to meet those needs during a facility initiated discharge for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for discharge (Resident #4). Finding: On 5/10/24 the Department of Licensing & Certification received a complaint indicating on 5/9/24 Resident #4 was transferred to an acute care hospital and the facility refused to take [him/her] return, because they are unable to provide the appropriate level of care for this resident. Review of Resident #4's medical record reveals he/she was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including dementia and encephalopathy. …
F626 citations in Maine
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
Maine cites F626 more often than its own record predicts
1.94 times the share F626 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Maine 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 Maine surveyors wrote
F626 findings written in Maine, 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 Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.32% | 2.67× |
| 2024 | 0.26% | 1.94× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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