Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the medical care of each resident was supervised by a physician or that another physician supervised the medical care of residents when their attending physician was unavailable for 4 of 4 sample residents (Residents 57, 49, 5, & 4) whose monthly drug regimen review contained pharmacy consultant recommendations that were not reviewed or acted upon as required. This failure placed residents at risk of unnecessary medication use, avoidable adverse effects, negative health outcomes, and a decreased quality of life. Findings included. …
F710 citations in Washington
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Washington cites F710 less often than its own record predicts
0.37 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Washington in 2024, this is the portion that was F710.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Washington surveyors wrote
F710 findings written in Washington, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Washington citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.05% | 0.58× |
| 2024 | 0.03% | 0.37× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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