Based on policy and procedure review, record review, and staff interviews, the facility failed to provide behavioral health services to address a resident's needs as evidenced by failure to act upon Resident #1's verbalized suicidal ideations which resulted in Resident #1's suicide in the facility for one (1) of seven (7) residents sampled. During the admission process on [DATE], Resident #1 expressed suicidal thoughts when he told the admitting nurse that he wanted to call a friend to pick him up and take him to jump off a bridge. On [DATE], the facility obtained an physician order for a psychiatric evaluation. On the same day [DATE], the facility obtained a physician order for hospice services and obtained a second physician order to discontinue the psychiatric evaluation. …
F740 citations in Mississippi
Behavioral health services · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Mississippi cites F740 more often than its own record predicts
1.10 times the share F740 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2025, this is the portion that was F740.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F740 findings written in Mississippi, 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 observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the ongoing provision of behavioral health services for a cognitively impaired resident with severe, escalating behaviors following discharge from a behavioral health unit and despite continued aggression, delusions, and medication refusal, the facility discontinued behavioral health services without a documented rationale, contributing to ongoing physical aggression toward staff and others for one (1) of 23 sampled residents. …
Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure residents received the necessary behavioral health care and services, specifically, the facility failed to proactively assess and implement effective behavioral interventions to address inappropriate sexual behaviors for two (2) of five (5) sampled residents reviewed for behavioral concerns. Resident #1 and Resident #3.Findings include:Record review of the facility policy Resident Rights revised 3/24, revealed, .shall insure each resident of the following.J. THE RIGHT to be free from mental and physical abuses. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Mississippi citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.27% | 1.02× |
| 2024 | 0.10% | 0.41× |
| 2025 | 0.29% | 1.10× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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