Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.
of F843 citations were written at actual harm or above. The mark is the share across all tags, 5.4%.
Citations in 202517
Every F843 citation surveyors wrote nationally that year.
Facilities cited17
Distinct nursing homes with at least one F843 finding.
The harm level
How severely F843 is cited
0.0% of citations found actual harm or worse (level G and above).
Citations by CMS scope and severity. Rows are harm level, columns are how widespread the finding was.
Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
J—
K—
L—
Actual harm
G—
H—
I—
No harm, potential for more than minimal
D1117.5%
E57.9%
F3250.8%
No harm, potential for minimal
A—
B11.6%
C1422.2%
Every recorded F843 citation, by the harm level and scope the surveyor assigned.
In the surveyor’s words
What an F843 citation says
One finding from each severity level, 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, isolatedJuly 16, 2026
Based on interviews and record reviews the facility staff failed to have patient transportation agreements with outside agencies and dialysis centers. The facility staff identified a census of 46. Findings are:A record review of the facility's provided document titled Dialysis Transportation Services with effective date of 01/2026 revealed that the facility had unsigned patient transfer agreement with zTrip [NAME]. A record review of the facility's provided document titled Dialysis Transportation Services with effective date of 01/2026 revealed that the facility had unsigned patient transfer agreement with Oceans Drive Transportation. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadFebruary 19, 2026
Based on interview and failure of the facility to provided required documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to have a transfer agreement with a local hospital. This has the potential to affect all residents.The findings include: On 2/19/26 at approximately 5:10 PM surveyor informed the Director of Nursing (DON) that the survey team needed to review the transfer agreement with a local hospital. The Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) was not present in the facility at this time but was contacted by the DON via phone. …
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