Based on interviews and record review the facility failed to ensure timely physician visits (once every 30 days for the first 90 days after admission) were completed for 4 of 7 residents (5, 49, 79 and 84) reviewed for physician visits. This failure placed residents at risk of being denied face-to-face contact with a physician, comprehensive reviews and physician assessments of their health and well-being. Findings included .According to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid); The residents must be seen by a physician at least once every 30 days for the first 90 days after admission, and at least once every 60 days thereafter. After the initial physician visit in SNFs (Skilled Nursing Facility), where States allow their use, a NPP (Nurse Practitioner) may make every other required visit. …
F712 citations in Washington
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 — 2025
Washington cites F712 less often than its own record predicts
0.55 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Washington in 2025, 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 Washington surveyors wrote
F712 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% | 0.52× |
| 2024 | 0.12% | 1.12× |
| 2025 | 0.07% | 0.55× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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