Based on record review, interview, and policy review, the provider failed to ensure:*Psychotropic medications (drugs that affect brain activities associated with mental processes and behavior) ordered to be given as needed were not discontinued after 14 days, and did not have a rationale documented for continued use for four of nine sampled residents (7, 13, 21, and 30) reviewed with physician's orders for psychotropic medications.*Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) (an assessment to identify the severity of involuntary movements in residents taking neuroleptic medications) assessments were routinely completed to evaluate for signs of adverse effects for eight of nine sampled residents (1, 6, 7, 13, 18, 21, 23, and 30) reviewed with physician's orders for psychotropic… …
F757 citations in South Dakota
Unnecessary drugs · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F757 less often than its own record predicts
0.21 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F757.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F757 findings written in South Dakota, 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.
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