Based on record review, interview, and policy review the provider failed to ensure one of four sampled resident (3) who was recently admitted to hospice (specialized care for individuals with a terminal illness that focuses on comfort and quality of life rather than curative treatments) services had a significant change Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment (a tool used to evaluate a resident's health status and to develop an individualized care plan to manage the resident's care needs) completed within 14 days after the resident admitted to hospice.Findings include:1. …
F637 citations in South Dakota
Assessment after a significant change · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F637 less often than its own record predicts
0.70 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F637.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F637 findings written in South Dakota, 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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