Based on interview with administrator (employee #10) and review of facility policies and procedures, it was determined that facility failed to determine if they are going to have a relationship with any radiology and other diagnostic services (by contract) in order to provide those services at the facility. Findings include: 1. Facility administrator (employee #10) was interview on 09/10/2024 at 11:15 AM and it was requested information to him in relation of a laboratory services as an option to be provided by their facility. 2. Facility administrator (employee #10) stated on interview on 09/10/2024 at 11:28 AM that at the moment facility did not have any contract with a radiology service in order to make available radiology services in according to the scope permitted to a SNF. …
F776 citations in Puerto Rico
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Puerto Rico cites F776 more often than its own record predicts
6.21 times the share F776 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Puerto Rico in 2024, this is the portion that was F776.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Puerto Rico surveyors wrote
F776 findings written in Puerto Rico, 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.
What else Puerto Rico surveyors cite →
Deficiency Index is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by CMS, Medicare, or any government agency. About this data · Report a correction