Based on record review, interview, and facility policy, the facility failed to maintain adequate pharmaceutical services to ensure the receipt and administration of physician ordered medication was available to meet the needs of 1 of 3 residents reviewed during a complaint investigation (Resident #1).Finding:Facility policy, Ordering and Receiving Non-Controlled Medications, dated 9/10 states, Medications and related products are received from the provider pharmacy on a timely basis. New medications.are ordered as follows: If the first dose of medication is scheduled to be given before the next regularly scheduled pharmacy delivery, please telephone or transmit the medication orders to the pharmacy immediately upon receipt. Inform the pharmacy of the need for prompt delivery. …
F755 citations in Maine
Pharmacy services · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Maine cites F755 less often than its own record predicts
0.78 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Maine in 2025, this is the portion that was F755.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Maine surveyors wrote
F755 findings written in Maine, 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 record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure that the licensed medication administration personnel coming on duty and going off duty signed the shift count logbook indicating that they counted all Scheduled II controlled substances and other medications with a risk of abuse or diversion at the change of shirt for 6 of 6 controlled log books reviewed for several shifts between 6/13/25 and 1/9/26.Findings:On 1/13/26 at 7:51 a.m. the surveyor observed Pine unit medication cart #1's control logbook with several missing signatures on the following dates and times: 10/8/25 at 10:00 p.m., and 10/9/25 6:00 a.m.On 1/13/26 at 10:25 a.m. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.95% | 0.45× |
| 2024 | 1.31% | 0.61× |
| 2025 | 1.83% | 0.78× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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