.Based on record review, interview, and observation, the facility failed to clearly designate one registered nurse to serve as the full-time Director of Nursing (DON) for the long-term care (LTC) unit. Specifically, the facility's leadership documents, Human Resources (HR) records, payroll records, staff identification, and administrative interviews identified conflicting roles for the Director of Clinical Services (DCS), the LTC Manager, and the newly hired DON. As a result, the facility could not demonstrate that one RN was consistently designated to serve as the full-time DON responsible for LTC nursing leadership and oversight. …
F727 citations in Alaska
Registered nurse coverage · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Alaska cites F727 more often than its own record predicts
2.48 times the share F727 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Alaska in 2025, this is the portion that was F727.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alaska surveyors wrote
F727 findings written in Alaska, 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 Alaska citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.55% | 2.89× |
| 2025 | 1.06% | 2.48× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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