Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility's policy, it was determined the facility failed to ensure residents, who required dialysis/hemodialysis received such services, consistent with professional standards of practice for four (4) of nineteen (19) sampled residents who received dialysis (Residents #242, #243, #244, and #11). In addition, the facility failed to ensure communication sheets, used to communicate information on the resident, were completed for each dialysis treatment. 1. The facility failded to secure and set-up Resident #243's dialysis treatments prior to admission to the facility on [DATE]. The facility failed to ensure Resident #243 received his/her dialysis treatment on 07/12/2023. …
F698 citations in Kentucky
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
Kentucky cites F698 less often than its own record predicts
0.75 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky 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 Kentucky surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in Kentucky, 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, record review, and review of the facility's policy, the facility failed to provide completed pre- and post-dialysis communication documentation for 1 of 1 dialysis residents, Resident (R) 5. Review of documentation for 12 dialysis visits for R5, from 04/17/2026 through 05/13/2026, revealed communication forms were either unavailable or incomplete.The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Hemodialysis, revision date 08/23/2024, revealed the facility would provide the necessary care and treatment consistent with professional standards of practice, physician orders, the comprehensive person-centered care plan, and the resident's goals and preferences to meet the special medical, nursing, mental, and psychosocial needs of the resident receiving… …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Kentucky citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.62% | 0.76× |
| 2024 | 0.30% | 0.40× |
| 2025 | 0.56% | 0.75× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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