Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to obtain registry verification to ensure staff met competency evaluation requirements before allowing to serve as a nurse aide for 1 of 5 staff (Staff M), reviewed for nursing aide registry. This failure placed the residents at risk for abuse and unmet care needs.Findings included .Review of the facility's policy titled, Background Investigations, dated February 2022, showed, OBRA [Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - state-operated data base that tracks nursing assistants who meet federal requirements to work in skilled nursing facilities] Registry Inquiries are conducted on all NACs [Nursing Assistant Certified or CNAs] at least one week prior to date of hire and renewed every two years as required. …
F729 citations in Washington
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
Washington cites F729 more often than its own record predicts
4.73 times the share F729 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Washington 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 Washington surveyors wrote
F729 findings written in Washington, 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 Washington citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.22% | 4.08× |
| 2024 | 0.12% | 2.85× |
| 2025 | 0.21% | 4.73× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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