Based on medical record review, review of pharmacy recommendations, staff interview and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure appropriate diagnoses for the use of psychotropic medication and further failed to ensure a resident's gradual dose reduction was thoroughly addressed. This affected two (#09 and #10) of five residents reviewed for unnecessary medications. The facility census was 101.Findings include: 1. Review of Resident #09's medical record revealed the resident admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including acute and subacute infective endocarditis, acute respiratory failure with hypoxia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anxiety disorder and chronic kidney disease. …
F756 citations in Ohio
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
Ohio cites F756 more often than its own record predicts
1.55 times the share F756 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Ohio 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 Ohio surveyors wrote
F756 findings written in Ohio, 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 address pharmacy recommendations in a timely manner for Resident #23 and failed to develop policies and procedures related to the monthly drug regimen review which included time frames for the different steps in the process and steps the pharmacist would take when irregularities were identified that required urgent action by the physician. This affected one resident reviewed for unnecessary medications and had the potential to affect all 74 residents residing in the facility. Findings include: Record review for Resident #23 revealed an admission date of [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Ohio citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.15% | 1.23× |
| 2024 | 0.84% | 1.03× |
| 2025 | 1.23% | 1.55× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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