Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure one of five residents (Resident (R)5) reviewed for laboratory services had physician ordered laboratory services completed out of a sample of 31 residents. This had the potential for R5 to have unmet care needs. Findings include: Review of the facility's undated policy titled, Lab and Diagnostic Test Results-Clinical Protocol, revealed Assessment and Recognition .1.The physician will identify and order diagnostic and lab testing based on the resident's diagnostic and monitoring needs. 2. The staff will process test requisitions and arrange for tests. 3. …
F770 citations in South Carolina
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
South Carolina cites F770 more often than its own record predicts
2.15 times the share F770 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in South Carolina in 2023, this is the portion that was F770.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Carolina surveyors wrote
F770 findings written in South Carolina, 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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