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F842 citations in Alaska

Medical records · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

F842 in Alaska. Pick another state for the same tag.

Against expectation — 2025

Alaska cites F842 more often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share1.19×

1.19 times the share F842 takes of citations nationally.

Share of Alaska citations2.66%

Of every deficiency written in Alaska in 2025, this is the portion that was F842.

Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.

In the surveyor’s words

What Alaska surveyors wrote

F842 findings written in Alaska, 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.

E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternAugust 14, 2026

.Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to maintain complete and accurately documented medical records for 2 of 2 sampled residents (#s 32 and 40), and 2 of 2 unsampled residents (#'s 6 and 30), reviewed for Advance Directive (AD - A written instruction, such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, recognized under State law, that relates to the provision of health care when the individual is incapacitated) and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST - a medical order that communicated a patient's wishes for emergency and end-of-life care) documentation. …

Maple Springs of Palmer

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Recent years

YearShare of Alaska citationsvs expected
20243.10%1.65×
20252.66%1.19×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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