Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility's job description for the Medical Director, it was determined the facility failed to ensure residents were seen personally by a physician as required per regulation for an initial comprehensive visit, and once every thirty days after admission for seven (7) out of thirty-three (33) sampled residents (Residents #1, #3, #4, #5, #18, #22, and #26) The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Role of Medical Director revealed the facility would designate a licensed physician to serve as Medical Director (MD). Continued review revealed the responsibilities of the MD would be defined with the organization to assure that elders have primary attending and backup physician coverage. …
F712 citations in Kentucky
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.
Against expectation — 2023
Kentucky cites F712 more often than its own record predicts
2.95 times the share F712 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky in 2023, this is the portion that was F712.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Kentucky surveyors wrote
F712 findings written in Kentucky, 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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