Based on staff interviews, medical record reviews and review of policies and procedures, the facility failed to have a contract with the transportation company that specified, in writing, the responsibilities of the transportation services company versus the facility responsibility in maintaining resident safety. Per record review, Resident #1 was being transported to a medical appointment by a private transportation company on 10/18/19. Per the incident report, staff and resident interviews, the resident was taken from the facility by the driver of the van. Per the resident, during interview on 11/4/19 at 10:30 AM, the driver secured his/her wheelchair to the floor of the van and placed a seat belt across his/her body, s/he reported s/he did not know if it was secured properly. …
F840 citations in Vermont
Administration Deficiencies
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.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Vermont cites F840 more often than its own record predicts
18.59 times the share F840 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Vermont in 2023, this is the portion that was F840.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Vermont surveyors wrote
F840 findings written in Vermont, 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.
Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to have written arrangements with agencies outside the facility that furnish behavioral health services. Findings include: Review of the facility's Facility assessment dated 2023 reveals that resident population profile indicates that 52% of the residents are diagnosed with depression, 20.4% of the residents are diagnosed with anxiety, 3.6 % of the residents are diagnosed with manic depression, 0.4% of the residents are diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, 5.1% of the residents are diagnosed with schizophrenia, and 1.5% of the residents are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. …
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