Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents who required dialysis services received such services consistent with professional standards for two (#8 and #7) of two residents reviewed for dialysis out of 36 sample residents. Resident #8 was admitted on [DATE] for long-term care with diagnoses of end-stage renal disease, dependence on renal dialysis and type 2 diabetes mellitus.The 6/3/25 dialysis communication form (a form used for communication between the facility and the dialysis center) revealed the resident's central venous catheter (CVC) site (dialysis access site) was bloody and the resident pulled on the catheter line. The form documented that the dialysis center requested that the facility contact them. …
F698 citations in Colorado
Dialysis · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F698 more often than its own record predicts
1.05 times the share F698 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F698.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in Colorado, 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 implement and maintain adequate documentation of communication for dialysis services for one (#1) of two residents out of seven sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure physician's orders for dialysis were obtained for Resident #1;-Ensure consistent communication between the facility and the dialysis center related to Resident #1's lab results collected by the dialysis center; and,-Ensure Resident #1's dialysis communication forms were completed thoroughly and consistently and maintained for each dialysis appointment.Findings include:I. Facility policy and procedureThe Hemodialysis policy, revised 5/5/26, was provided by the regional nurse consultant on 8/20/26 at 3:09 p.m. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Colorado citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.34% | 0.42× |
| 2024 | 0.67% | 0.89× |
| 2025 | 0.78% | 1.05× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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