F637 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F637 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F637 findings written in Alabama, 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedApril 6, 2022
Based on record review, interviews, and review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User's Manual, the facility failed to ensure a comprehensive Significant Change in Status Minimum Data Set (MDS) was completed within fourteen days of Resident Identifier (RI) #55's discharge from hospice services. This affected RI #55, one of one resident reviewed for hospice services.
Findings include:
Review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User's Manual revealed the following:
.CH (Chapter) 3: MDS Items [A] . …
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