Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure there were eight consecutive (onsite) hours of registered nursing coverage provided each day, seven days a week. This failure affected all residents in the facility when an RN was not available on-site. Findings include.Review of the facility's Payroll-Based Journal report showed the facility had eight days without the required registered nurse coverage during the Fiscal Year Quarter 2 2026 (January 1-March 31). The following dates showed no registered nurse coverage for eight consecutive hours: - 1/17/26,- 1/31/26,- 2/1/26,- 2/14/26,- 2/28/26,- 3/1/26,- 3/14/26 and,- 3/28/26. During an interview on 6/17/26 at 2:32 p.m., staff member A said the facility had a registered nurse who had terminated employment. …
F727 citations in Montana
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
Montana cites F727 more often than its own record predicts
1.46 times the share F727 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana 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 Montana surveyors wrote
F727 findings written in Montana, 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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Recent years
| Year | Share of Montana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.85% | 1.24× |
| 2024 | 0.70% | 1.30× |
| 2025 | 0.63% | 1.46× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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