Based on interview with the facility appointed Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator (employee #5), it was determined that facility failed to demonstrate that is capable of transmit to the CMS System information for each resident contained in the MDS in a format that conforms to standard record layouts and data dictionaries, and that passes standardized edits defined by CMS and the State. Findings include: 1.On 09/10/2024 at 9:30 AM it was request to the MDS Coordinator (employee #5) an initial connectivity test who evidence facility is capable of transmit data to the CMS System. 2. During interview the MDS Coordinator (employee #5) stated on 09/10/2024 at 9:40 AM that facility had not perform this test. …
F640 citations in Puerto Rico
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 — 2024
Puerto Rico cites F640 more often than its own record predicts
2.16 times the share F640 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Puerto Rico in 2024, 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 Puerto Rico surveyors wrote
F640 findings written in Puerto Rico, 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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