Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure MDS assessments were submitted timely. This deficient practice was corrected in August 2025. Findings include: Review of the MDS error dashboard, submission dates 1/1/25 - 9/8/25, showed of the 604 assessments counted, there were 190 with errors. Errors included: late MDS transmissions, late care plans for CAA signatures, late admission assessments, and resident information mismatches. Errors by the month included: -[DATE]: 16 errors.-[DATE]: 11 errors.-March 2025: 28 errors.-April 2025: 33 errors.-May 2025 no assessments submitted.-June 2025: 28 errors.-July 2025: 21 errors.-August 2025: three errors.During an observation and interview on 9/10/25 at 1:45 p.m., the facility's MDS dashboard was viewed with no late… …
F640 citations in Montana
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Montana cites F640 more often than its own record predicts
1.61 times the share F640 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana in 2025, this is the portion that was F640.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Montana surveyors wrote
F640 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.
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to submit Death in Facility MDS assessments for 2 (#s 17 and 33) and Discharge MDS assessments for 2 (#s 12 and 28) of 24 sampled residents. Findings include: Review of resident #33's EMR showed an admitted [DATE], and a death date of 5/13/23. The Death in Facility MDS was to be completed by 5/20/23, and was 255 days overdue. Review of resident #17's EMR showed an admitted [DATE], and a death date of 9/19/23. The Death in Facility MDS was to be completed by 9/26/23, and was 125 days overdue. Review of resident #28's EMR showed an admitted [DATE], and a discharge date of [DATE]. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Montana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.35% | 1.07× |
| 2025 | 0.47% | 1.61× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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