Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined the facility failed to promptly notify the practitioner of results that fall outside of clinical reference ranges for 1 of 1 residents reviewed, relative to abnormal ultrasound results, Resident ID #79. Findings are as follows: Review of a facility policy titled Notification of Clinicians states in part, .PROCEDURE .Any results of laboratory, radiology, and other diagnostic tests that fall outside of the clinical reference range will require notification to the prescribing practitioner as per their specific orders or within the shift it was received .When necessary if the results (outside of the clinical reference range) were not able to be reported to the prescriber on the shift they were received; they will be… …
F777 citations in Rhode Island
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain x-rays/tests 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 — 2023
Rhode Island cites F777 more often than its own record predicts
16.25 times the share F777 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2023, this is the portion that was F777.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
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What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F777 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.
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