Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
F808 in Tennessee. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F808 citations were recorded in Tennessee for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Tennessee surveyors wrote
F808 findings written in Tennessee, 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedMarch 23, 2022
Based on facility documentation, medical record review, observation and interview the facility failed to serve a therapeutic diet during the lunch meal for 1 of 29 sampled residents (Resident #12) observed.
The findings include:
Review of the medical record revealed Resident #12 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses which included Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal Phase.
Review of Resident #12's Physician Orders dated 8/24/2021, revealed .MS [mechanical soft] Ground, NAS [No added salt] .
Review of the Annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], revealed Resident #12 required a mechanical altered diet.
Review of the lunch meal ticket dated 3/22/2022, revealed .MS [mechanical soft] Deluxe Hamburger . …
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