Based on a review of facility provided documentation, and staff interviews, it was determined the facility failed to ensure that staff renewed their nurse aide registration to allow individuals to work as a nurse aide for one of five nurse aides reviewed (Nurse Aide (NA) Employee E3). Findings include:Review of facility provided documentation dated [DATE], indicated NA Employee E3's Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registration expired on [DATE]. The facility was unaware that NA Employee E3's registration was expired until it was discovered on [DATE].Despite the expired registration, NA Employee E3 continued to work at the facility during the months of [DATE], [DATE], [DATE], [DATE], and February 2026.Interview with the Nursing Home Administrator on [DATE], at 3:00 PM confirmed the facility was… …
F729 citations in Pennsylvania
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F729 more often than its own record predicts
1.37 times the share F729 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, this is the portion that was F729.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F729 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 | 0.10% | 1.79× |
| 2024 | 0.07% | 1.52× |
| 2025 | 0.06% | 1.37× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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