Based on review of facility policy, review of clinical records, observations, and interviews with staff, residents, and resident representatives it was determined that the facility failed to have available a thermometer to heat of food brought from home by a family member for one of 33 residents reviewed (Resident R162).Findings Include: Review of facility policy Food Brought in From Outside the Facility reviewed November 2024, revealed staff outside the dietary department will store and handle food in accordance with food safety standards when residents or their friends/family bring food into the facility. …
F813 citations in Pennsylvania
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F813 less often than its own record predicts
0.52 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, this is the portion that was F813.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F813 findings written in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.10% | 0.61× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.09× |
| 2025 | 0.09% | 0.52× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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