Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that residents who require dialysis (A life-sustaining medical treatment that filters waste, toxins, and excess fluids from the blood when the kidneys have failed.) receive services consistent with professional standards of practice for one of two residents (Resident #112). Findings include:Per review of the facility policy and procedure titled Dialysis- Care of Resident Receiving Off Site Dialysis, revised on 7/6/18, it revealed that vital signs, including weights, should be performed as ordered by the provider.Per record review, Resident #112 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnosis that include end stage renal (kidney) disease, anemia (low red blood cells) in chronic kidney disease, chronic… …
F698 citations in Vermont
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
Vermont cites F698 less often than its own record predicts
0.85 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Vermont 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 Vermont surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in Vermont, 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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