Based on pharmacy monthly reviews, progress note documentation, policy, and interviews, the facility failed to complete monthly pharmacy reviews and review pharmacist irregularities with action taken along with a rationale for the action, by a provider for 1 of 5 residents (Resident #2). The pharmacist recommended to discontinue Resident #2's order for hydroxyzine (medication used to treat itching), but the facility failed to discontinue the medication. Additionally, the Pharmacist didn't do a monthly medication review on Resident #2 for the month of November 2025. …
F756 citations in Iowa
Drug regimen review · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Iowa cites F756 less often than its own record predicts
0.21 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2025, this is the portion that was F756.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F756 findings written in Iowa, 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 Iowa citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.35% | 0.38× |
| 2024 | 0.29% | 0.35× |
| 2025 | 0.17% | 0.21× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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