Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents who required dialysis services continued to receive those services in accordance with physician orders when the facility-based dialysis center closed on 8/12/2024 for 6 of 7 residents reviewed for dialysis services. (Resident D, E, F, R, S and V) This deficient practice resulted in Resident D and Resident E missing two dialysis treatments and required transfer to an acute care hospital for treatment of critical laboratory results and emergency dialysis treatments. …
F698 citations in Indiana
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
Indiana cites F698 more often than its own record predicts
1.09 times the share F698 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Indiana 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 Indiana surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in Indiana, 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 interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident received [CONDITION(S)] transportation which resulted in harm when a resident requiring antibiotics for endocarditis (a serious potentially life threatening infection of the inner lining of the heart's chambers and valves) to be given during [CONDITION(S)] sessions missed multiple [CONDITION(S)] sessions and had to go to the hospital for [CONDITION(S)] treatment, antibiotics for the endocarditis, and treatment of [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . Findings include: On 1/27/22 at 9:15 a.m., Resident 90's record was reviewed. His diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . …
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure ongoing communication was maintained for 1 of 2 resident reviewed for dialysis services. Dialysis communication forms or any other documented dialysis visit notes could not be retrieved by the facility and Director of Nursing was not aware that the dialysis center had changed a resident's prescribed dialysis schedule from three (3) days per week to two (2) days per week. (Resident B)Finding includes:Resident B's record review on 5/26/26 at 1:30 P.M., indicated the resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to, end stage renal disease and dependence on renal dialysis.The most recent quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 5/11/26, indicated the resident was cognitively intact and received… …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Indiana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.97% | 1.19× |
| 2024 | 0.96% | 1.27× |
| 2025 | 0.81% | 1.09× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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