Based on observation, record review and interview the facility A). Failed to adhere to professional standards of practice by failing to develop a person-centered care plan with individualized interventions for the use of bilateral prostheses and B). Failed to provide physical therapy services following the delivery of a new left prosthesis for 1 Resident (#83), out of a total sample of 25 residents Findings include: Resident #83 was admitted to the facility in 4/2022 and has diagnoses that include cerebral atherosclerosis, peripheral vascular disease, chronic systolic (congested) heart failure, type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathy, acquired absence of left leg below the knee, and acquired absence of the right leg below the knee. …
F696 citations in Massachusetts
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Massachusetts cites F696 more often than its own record predicts
10.23 times the share F696 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Massachusetts in 2023, this is the portion that was F696.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Massachusetts surveyors wrote
F696 findings written in Massachusetts, 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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