Deficiency Index

F712

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

Citations in 2025138

Every F712 citation surveyors wrote nationally that year.

Facilities cited136

Distinct nursing homes with at least one F712 finding.

The harm level

How severely F712 is cited

0.0% of citations found actual harm or worse (level G and above).

Citations by CMS scope and severity. Rows are harm level, columns are how widespread the finding was.
SeverityIsolatedPatternWidespread
Immediate jeopardyJ—K—L—
Actual harmG—H—I—
No harm, potential for more than minimalD29861.7%E16233.5%F122.5%
No harm, potential for minimalA—B91.9%C20.4%
Every recorded F712 citation, by the harm level and scope the surveyor assigned.

In the surveyor’s words

What an F712 citation says

One finding from each severity level, most serious first.

Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.

J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedJune 25, 2022

Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the medical care of each resident was supervised by a physician for one (Resident #15) of five residents reviewed for supervision of medical care by a physician. The facility did not ensure Resident #15's physician examined and assessed Resident #15 upon a significant change in condition following Resident #15 having intermittent high blood pressures, shortness of breath, chest pain, and a 41.9-pound weight gain in 36 days. These failures resulted in an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) situation on 06/22/2022. …

Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation · Texas

G · Actual harm, isolatedMay 10, 2021

Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure periodic routine visits at least every 60 days by the physician and/or Nurse Practitioner (NP) for one of two sampled residents (Resident 1). This failure for Resident 1 not being assessed by his physician and/or NP for three months (between 6/22/20 to 9/29/20), resulted in Resident 1's Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), fundamental skills which are required to independently care for oneself such as eating, bathing, and mobility, declining, and resulted in Resident 1 developing a facility-acquired pressure ulcer (PU): Sore on the skin) located at the coccyx (tailbone). …

Vacaville Ranch Post Acute · California

E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternAugust 21, 2026

Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to ensure medically required, timely, and/or required face-to-face physician visits occurred for 3 of 3 sampled residents (R56, R60, and R61).Findings include: Interview on 8/19/26 at 9:25 a.m., with the Ombudsman identified she had received numerous complaints from residents not receiving required face-to-face visits from providers. Review of the facility's State Waiver for MN Rule 4658.0710 Subp. 3. indicated, A resident must be evaluated by a physician every 30 days for the first 90 days after admission, and then whenever medically necessary. A physician visit is considered timely if it occurs within ten days after the date the visit was required. …

Olivia Restorative Care Center · Minnesota

B · No harm, potential for minimal, patternMay 1, 2026

Based on record review and staff and physician interviews, the facility failed to ensure physician visits were performed at least once every sixty days for 3 of 3 sampled residents reviewed for physician visits (Residents #62, #44 and #9). 1. Resident #62 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included congestive heart failure, dementia and diabetes.Resident #62's annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] indicated she was severely cognitively impaired and was dependent on staff for most activities of daily living. A review of Resident #62's electronic health record revealed a Nurse Practitioner (NP) progress note dated 12/18/25 and a Physician's annual wellness visit dated 3/31/26. …

Clay County Health and Rehabilitation · North Carolina

Co-occurrence

Cited alongside F712

Of the 2025 surveys that cited F712, these tags appeared in the same inspection more often than chance would predict.

Cited in the same inspection, not caused by one another.

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