Based on observation, interview, and record review, the dietary department failed to provide each resident with a nourishing diet and failed to follow the resident's therapeutic diet to meet the resident's daily needs. These deficient practices increased the risk of the [NAME] Cottage residents having negative nutritional or health outcomes, and affect their quality of life. Findings include: During observations on 8/13/24 at 8:39 a.m., staff member N was not reviewing diet orders and therapeutic menus to ensure proper diets and serving sizes were served when preparing residents meals. Staff member N ground some bacon in the robo coupe. With her gloved hands, she scooped out a handful of dry flakey bacon from the robo coupe bowl without measuring a portion. …
F800 citations in Montana
Nutritious diet · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Montana cites F800 more often than its own record predicts
2.71 times the share F800 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana in 2024, this is the portion that was F800.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Montana surveyors wrote
F800 findings written in Montana, 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 Montana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.28% | 2.29× |
| 2024 | 0.35% | 2.71× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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