Based on clinical record review, facility documentation review, and interviews for one of three residents (Resident #1) reviewed for medication errors, the facility failed to ensure the physician orders were reviewed and renewed at least every 60 days. The findings included: Resident #1's diagnoses included diabetes, arthritis, atrial fibrillation and morbid obesity. The quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] identified Resident #1 had a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of fourteen out of fifteen, indicative of no cognitive impairment and required assistance with ADLs (activities of daily living). …
F711 citations in Connecticut
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Connecticut cites F711 less often than its own record predicts
0.51 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Connecticut in 2025, this is the portion that was F711.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Connecticut surveyors wrote
F711 findings written in Connecticut, 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 clinical record reviews, review of facility policy and interview for two of two sampled residents (Residents #1 and #2) who were reviewed for the timeliness of physician's orders [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . The findings include: 1. Review of Resident #1's clinical record identified the last routine monthly signed medication orders were dated September 16, 2020. Upon further review, the subsequent routine monthly medication orders were not signed and dated by either an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or a physician from September 2020 through and including March 2021 (a total of two (2) occurrences of a failure to review, renew, sign and date the routine medication orders every sixty (60) days). 2. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Connecticut citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.42% | 3.96× |
| 2024 | 0.33% | 2.72× |
| 2025 | 0.06% | 0.51× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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