Based on medical record review, death certificate review, policy review, dialysis center record review, physician interview, staff interview, and dialysis center staff interview, the facility failed to ensure Resident #06, with a diagnosis of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), received scheduled hemodialysis treatments as ordered by the physician. This resulted in Immediate Jeopardy and the potential for serious life-threatening harm, injuries, and/or death when Resident #06 went four days without hemodialysis treatments due to the facility's failure to communicate and coordinate continuity of care with the dialysis center, failure to transport the resident to hemodialysis treatments and failure to notify the physician of the resident not receiving ordered treatments. …
F698 citations in Ohio
Dialysis · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Ohio cites F698 more often than its own record predicts
1.47 times the share F698 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Ohio 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 Ohio surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in Ohio, 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 closed record review, interview, and policy review the facility failed to ensure Resident #100, a newly admitted resident received hemodialysis services timely and as recommended by the hospital at the time of the resident's hospital discharge and failed to ensure timely and ongoing monitoring of the resident's hemodialysis access site for patency and/or signs of infection. This affected one resident (#100) of three residents reviewed for dialysis services. The facility census was 96. …
Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to complete post dialysis assessments. This affected one resident (#7) of one resident reviewed for dialysis. The census was 52. Record review for Resident #7 revealed the resident was admitted to the facility with the following diagnoses: sepsis with septic shock, end stage renal disease, type two diabetes mellitus. Review of Minimum Data Set (MDS) quarterly assessment dated [DATE] revealed the resident had intact cognition evidenced by a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 15. Review of the care plan dated 08/06/26 revealed Resident #7 had renal failure resulting in need for dialysis. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Ohio citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.83% | 1.03× |
| 2024 | 0.72% | 0.96× |
| 2025 | 1.10% | 1.47× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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