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 Wisconsin. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Wisconsin cites F840 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.47×
1.47 times the share F840 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Wisconsin citations0.07%
Of every deficiency written in Wisconsin in 2024, this is the portion that was F840.
Wisconsin0.07%
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 Wisconsin surveyors wrote
F840 findings written in Wisconsin, 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, isolatedSeptember 25, 2024
Based on staff interview and record review, the facility did not acquire a current contract/agreement in writing for outside dialysis services for 1 resident (R) (R360) of 1 resident reviewed for dialysis services.
R360's physician orders indicated R360 received dialysis three times per week. The facility did not have a current contract or agreement with the dialysis provider. The facility also did not have a policy related to dialysis treatment.
Findings include:
On 9/24/24, Surveyor reviewed R360's medical record. R360 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including hypertensive chronic heart and kidney disease with stage 5 renal disease. …
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