F642 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F642 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
F642 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, isolatedMarch 3, 2022
Based on interview, medical record review, and review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument 3.0 User's Manual, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #1's discharge Minimum Data Set (MDS) was signed off as completed by a Registered Nurse (RN).
This deficient practice affected one of 16 sampled residents whose MDS assessments were reviewed.
Findings include:
A review of the CMS, Long-Term Care Resident Assessment Instrument 3.0 User's Manual, dated of October 2019, revealed: .09. Discharge Assessment-Return Not Anticipated . …
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