Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
F840 in Pennsylvania. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F840 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share2.93×
2.93 times the share F840 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Pennsylvania citations0.15%
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, this is the portion that was F840.
Pennsylvania0.15%
National0.05%
Share of all citations that were F840.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F840 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedFebruary 27, 2026
Based on review of facility documentation, review of clinical records, and staff and resident interviews it was determined that the facility failed to ensure the use of outside resources for one of 36 residents reviewed (Resident R135).Findings Include: Review of Resident R135's comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS - federally mandated resident assessment and care screening) dated January 29, 2026, revealed the resident was cognitively intact and had diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (sleep disorder where the airway repeatedly becomes blocked during sleep, causing pauses in breathing and disrupted sleep). …
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