Based on interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure one of three sampled residents (Resident 2) did not wait over three hours for transportation back to the facility following her 2:45 p.m., appointment on 4/21/2026. This deficient practice resulted in Resident 2 without a means of transportation back to the facility following the completion of her appointment on 4/21/2026 at 3:45 p.m. Resident 2 remained in the lobby of the medical provider for approximately 4 hours without food, water or the use of a restroom until a transportation company arrived at 7 p.m., to take her back to the facility. …
F774 citations in California
Administration Deficiencies
Help the resident with transportation to and from laboratory services outside of the facility.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
California cites F774 more often than its own record predicts
2.67 times the share F774 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in California in 2025, this is the portion that was F774.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What California surveyors wrote
F774 findings written in California, 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 California citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.01% | 1.39× |
| 2025 | 0.04% | 2.67× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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