Based on record review and interviews, the facity failed to document a discharge summary when a resident was discharged from the facility for 1 (#160) of 3 (#34, #160, and #213) sampled residents reviewed for discharge. Findings: Review of the closed record for resident #160 revealed an admitted [DATE] with diagnoses including cerebral infarction, acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia, unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition, morbid obesity, epilepsy, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Review of resident #160's Admission Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] revealed the resident required partial to moderate assistance with activities of daily living. Review of the closed record revealed resident #160 was discharged home on 12/30/2024. …
F661 citations in Louisiana
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Louisiana cites F661 more often than its own record predicts
2.22 times the share F661 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Louisiana in 2025, this is the portion that was F661.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Louisiana surveyors wrote
F661 findings written in Louisiana, 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 record review and interviews, the facility failed to document an accurate discharge for 1 (Resident #97) of 1 discharge record reviewed. Findings: Review of the Resident #97's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed Resident #97 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and discharged to another facility on 11/16/2023. Review of Resident #97's EMR revealed, in part, a physician's order dated 11/15/2023 to discharge Resident #97 to another nursing facility on 11/16/2023. Review of Resident #97's Minimum Data Set (MDS) with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 11/16/2023 revealed, in part, an entry under Section A2105 written by S9Minimum Data Set nurse (S9MDS) stating that Resident #97's discharge status was (1) Home/Community. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Louisiana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.04% | 0.18× |
| 2025 | 0.14% | 2.22× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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