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.
F843 in Colorado. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F843 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share14.30×
14.30 times the share F843 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Colorado citations0.22%
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F843.
Colorado0.22%
National0.02%
Share of all citations that were F843.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F843 findings written in Colorado, 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.
F · No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadFebruary 27, 2025
Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to have a written transfer agreement with one or more hospitals approved for participation under Medicare and Medicaid programs to reasonably ensure residents would be transferred from the facility to a hospital, and assured of timely admission to the hospital when transfer was medically appropriate.
Specifically, the facility failed to ensure a written agreement was in effect with one local area hospital.
Findings include:
I. Record review
A request was made to the director of nursing (DON), the nursing home administrator (NHA) and the nurse consultant (NC) on 2/25/25 at 4:00 p.m. for the facility's hospital transfer agreement. …
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