Based on record review, interviews, and review of the policy titled Therapy Evaluations, the facility failed to evaluate a therapy recommendation per two different physician's order for one of three sampled residents (R) (R15) related to providing a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) lift chair. Findings include: Review of the policy titled Therapy Evaluations dated 3/9/2023, revealed the policy is that all physician's orders for therapy evaluations be addressed in a timely manner by Physical, Occupational and/or Speech therapy as designated by the physician. The evaluation will include discipline-specific findings related to the patient/resident's functional status and underlying impairment and prior functional level. Procedure: Number 11. …
F826 citations in Georgia
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Georgia cites F826 more often than its own record predicts
9.09 times the share F826 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2024, this is the portion that was F826.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F826 findings written in Georgia, 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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