Based on interview and record review, the facility refused to allow a resident to return to the facility after being transferred to the hospital and inappropriately discharged the resident, for one of three residents in the applicable sample (Resident #16). Findings include:Per record review, Resident #16 was admitted to the facility after a stay at the hospital for treatment of a stroke. admission diagnoses include aphagia (a brain disorder that affects how you speak and understand language. It happens after damage to the language processing center of your brain), and cognitive communication deficit (difficulties in communication that arise from impairments in cognitive processes, such as attention, memory, and problem-solving). …
F627 citations in Vermont
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Vermont cites F627 more often than its own record predicts
1.02 times the share F627 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Vermont in 2025, this is the portion that was F627.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Vermont surveyors wrote
F627 findings written in Vermont, 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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