Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.
F841 in Georgia. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2023
Georgia cites F841 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share4.94×
4.94 times the share F841 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Georgia citations0.09%
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2023, this is the portion that was F841.
Georgia0.09%
National0.02%
Share of all citations that were F841.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F841 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.
K · Immediate jeopardy, patternDecember 5, 2023
Based on observations, resident and staff interviews, record review, and facility policy/contract review, the facility failed to provide needed physician services to ensure admission assessments were provided by the primary physician (who also served as the facility's Medical Director) rather than the Nurse Practitioner (NP); the primary physician assessed, measured, and treated pressure ulcers; and the primary physician ensured appropriate treatment and services were provided by the wound care consultant for pressure ulcer prevention, assessment, and treatment for nine of 10 resident (R) (R291, R293, R50, R65, R142, R292, R21, R3, and R63) reviewed for pressure ulcers. …
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternFebruary 2, 2023
Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of facility contracts, the facility failed to ensure the Medical Director was involved in administrative decisions, including recommending, developing and approving facility policies related to pneumococcal vaccination and emergency tracheostomy care. This failure had the potential to contribute to ongoing deficient practice for emergency tracheostomy care for two (Resident (R) 63 and R7) residents with tracheostomies and four (R34, R61, R79, and R14) of five residents reviewed for pneumococcal vaccination.
Findings include:
Review of the facility's policy dated 11/16/2017 Medical Director Agreement, provided on paper, revealed, Duties of Medical Director: . …
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