Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a resident was permitted to return to the facility after they were hospitalized for 1 (#5) of 1 sampled resident reviewed for hospitalization. The DON identified 32 residents who resided in the facility. Findings: A policy titled Bed-Hold and Returns, revised [DATE], read in part, The requirement that residents be permitted to return to the facility following hospitalization or therapeutic leave applies to all residents regardless of payer source .Residents who seek to return to the facility after the state bed-hold period has expired (or when state law does not provide for bed-holds) are allowed to return to their previous room if available or immediately to the first available bed in a semi-private room provided that the… …
F626 citations in Oklahoma
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
Oklahoma cites F626 more often than its own record predicts
2.85 times the share F626 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma surveyors wrote
F626 findings written in Oklahoma, 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 Oklahoma citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.17% | 1.43× |
| 2024 | 0.15% | 1.09× |
| 2025 | 0.16% | 2.85× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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