Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to follow up on a pharmacist recommendation for 1 of 5 unnecessary medication reviews (Resident #27 [R27]).Finding: On 6/30/26, a review of R27's clinical record that included a medication review was completed. Documentation in the progress note section indicated that on 5/15/26, the pharmacist completed a medication review and left a recommendation. There is no evidence in the clinical record that the pharmacist recommendation had been reconciled. On 6/30/26 at 2:30 p.m., in an interview with the surveyor, the Director of Nursing, stated she cannot find the 5/15/26 pharmacy recommendation. She stated she knows she received it but cannot locate it and did not remember what the recommendation was.
F756 citations in Maine
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
Maine cites F756 less often than its own record predicts
0.66 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Maine 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 Maine surveyors wrote
F756 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.89% | 2.01× |
| 2024 | 0.66% | 0.81× |
| 2025 | 0.52% | 0.66× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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