Based on employee file review, facility labor report, and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure an individual working in the facility as a nurse aide for more than 4 months, on a full-time basis, has completed a competency evaluation program approved by the state, for one of four employee files reviewed (Employee 1). Findings include: Review of Employee 1's (Nurse Aide in Training) Nurse Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program Certificate, revealed a Course Completion Date of October 21, 2025. Employee 1 had until February 21, 2026, to work independently and pass the exam to be a Nurse Aide. …
F728 citations in Pennsylvania
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F728 less often than its own record predicts
0.23 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, this is the portion that was F728.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F728 findings written in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.03% | 0.42× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.17× |
| 2025 | 0.02% | 0.23× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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