Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the facility had a Registered Nurse (RN) on site for 8 hours a day that was not the Director of Nursing Services (DNS) when the facility was over 60 residents for 3 of 45 days reviewed. This had the potential to affect 73 of 73 residents residing in the facility.Findings include:On 1/14/26 at 11:32 a.m., the December 2025 nursing schedule was requested. On 1/14/26 at 1:10 p.m., the DNS presented the Nursing Daily Staffing sheets for December 2025. They indicated the following:- On 12/6/25, the only RN that worked was the DNS. The Daily Nurse Staffing Posting indicated the census was 73 residents.- On 12/20/25, the only RN that worked was the DNS. …
F727 citations in Indiana
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
Indiana cites F727 more often than its own record predicts
1.05 times the share F727 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Indiana 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 Indiana surveyors wrote
F727 findings written in Indiana, 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 record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a Registered Nurse (RN) worked 8 consecutive hours in the facility for 1 of 14 days reviewed. This had the potential to affect 67 of 67 residents who resided in the facility. Finding includes: The staffing schedules for 9/16-9/29/24 were reviewed on 10/4/24 at 10:25 a.m. Nursing schedules indicated there was no RN coverage for 9/29/24. During an interview on 10/4/24 at 12:10 p.m., the Interim Administrator indicated they did not have an RN working on 9/29/24. She was aware they should have RN coverage daily. 3.1-17(b)(3)
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Indiana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.89% | 1.31× |
| 2024 | 0.65% | 1.21× |
| 2025 | 0.45% | 1.05× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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