Based on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide pharmaceutical services (including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing, and administering of all drugs and biologicals) to meet the needs of each resident for 2 of 3 residents reviewed relative to medication administration, Resident ID #s 3 and 4. Findings are as follows:According to, Mosby's Drug Guide Tenth Edition 2013, section, SAFE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION GUIDE states in part, The 5 rights of medication administration. Always adhere to the 5 rights of medication administration when transcribing, preparing, administering, and documenting medications . 5. …
F755 citations in Rhode Island
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
Rhode Island cites F755 less often than its own record predicts
0.22 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F755 findings written in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.57% | 0.27× |
| 2024 | 0.59% | 0.28× |
| 2025 | 0.52% | 0.22× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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