Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to allow a resident to return and resume residence at the facility for 1 (#2) of 1 resident sampled for discharge concerns, after a facility initiated discharge to the hospital. Findings include: Review of resident #2's EMR, accessed on 2/26/24, did not show the resident or their representative had recieved a notice of the facility's intent to discharge her. This lack of notice had the potential to leave the resident unaware of her right to an appeal on the facility decision or locate suitable placement. …
F626 citations in Montana
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
Montana cites F626 more often than its own record predicts
1.29 times the share F626 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana 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 Montana surveyors wrote
F626 findings written in Montana, 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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