Based on interviews, record review and review of facility policies titled Medical Director and Medication Therapy, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #81's attending physician/MD (Medical Director) provided orders to meet RI #81's medical needs upon discharge from the hospital post arthroplasty with partial hip replacement. On 02/20/2026, the facility's attending physician was notified that RI #81 was allergic to aspirin which had been ordered by the Orthopedic surgeon. The attending physician failed to provide an order for RI #81 to receive alternate anticoagulant therapy or follow-up to ensure the prescribing surgeon was notified of RI #81's allergy to aspirin and the need for alternate therapy. …
F710 citations in Alabama
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F710 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What Alabama surveyors wrote
F710 findings written in Alabama, 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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