Based on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to promptly notify the ordering physician or a provider of laboratory results for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for Coumadin (an anticoagulant; a medication prescribed to thin the blood to prevent the formation of blood clots), Resident ID #84.Findings are as follows:Review of a facility policy titled, Notification of Clinicians last reviewed 1/4/2023, states in part, .The results of laboratory, radiology and other diagnostic tests will be reviewed by the unit nurse on the same day that they are received by the facility.Record review revealed the resident was admitted to the facility in March of 2025 with a diagnosis including, but not limited to, new onset of unspecified atrial fibrillation (a common type of irregular… …
F773 citations in Rhode Island
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F773 more often than its own record predicts
2.65 times the share F773 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F773.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F773 findings written in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.38% | 3.32× |
| 2024 | 0.30% | 2.69× |
| 2025 | 0.35% | 2.65× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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