Deficiency Index

F755 citations in Vermont

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.

F755 in Vermont. Pick another state for the same tag.

Against expectation — 2024

Vermont cites F755 less often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share0.74×

0.74 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.

Share of Vermont citations1.59%

Of every deficiency written in Vermont in 2024, 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 Vermont surveyors wrote

F755 findings written in Vermont, 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.

G · Actual harm, isolatedFebruary 3, 2026

Based on staff interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure the timely acquisition and availability of ordered medications to meet resident needs, resulting in omission or delay of physician ordered drugs for 3 of 5 sampled residents (Resident #1, #2, and #3) and, per facility audit, for 35 of 81 residents facility wide. As a result, Resident #1 did not receive venlafaxine XR for 4 days and pregabalin for 8 days and suffered an unwitnessed fall, headache, elevated blood pressure, and seizure like activity that required them to be evaluated and treated at the hospital. Findings include: 1. …

Bennington Health & Rehab

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 20, 2026

Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure two of three sampled residents (Resident #3 and Resident #4) had narcotics appropriately documented and signed in from the pharmacy. Findings include:1. Per record review, Resident #3 has an order for Oxycodone [a medication used to treat pain] IR [Immediate Release] 5 mg [milligram] tab [tablet]: Take one tab po [by mouth] q4h p [every four hours] prn [as needed] for pain.Per review of the facility's internal investigation report dated 6/6/26 it states, On 6/6/26, I received a call to inform me [RN#1] reported to [RN#2] the narcotic count was off by one in the East Cart during count. The narcotic log indicated that there should have been 37 tablets but there only 36. The pill was unable to be located. …

Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab

C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadJanuary 10, 2018

Based upon record review and interviews the facility failed to assure the pharmaceutical services met the residents needs either through timely acquisition, or administration. This has the potential to affect all residents, notably new admissions. An anonymous concern was reported to the Division of Licensing and Protection regarding untimely delivery of newly admitted residents' medications, the use of resident's medications brought in from home or borrowing other resident's medications. …

Pines Rehab & Health Center

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Recent years

YearShare of Vermont citationsvs expected
20231.10%0.52×
20241.59%0.74×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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