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 Connecticut. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F843 citations were recorded in Connecticut for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Connecticut surveyors wrote
F843 findings written in Connecticut, 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, isolatedFebruary 13, 2026
Based on facility document review, policy review, and staff interview, the facility failed to maintain and provide a written transfer agreement policy to ensure appropriate transfer arrangements with a hospital. The findings include: Review of facility documentation failed to produce a written transfer agreement policy outlining the facility's process for transferring residents to a hospital when medically necessary.Interview with the Administrator on 2-13-2026 at 5:00 PM identified she was unable to provide the requested transfer agreement policy at the time of survey. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadJanuary 3, 2018
Based on a review of facility documentation and/or contracts the facility failed to ensure a written transfer agreement had been established with a nearby hospital(s). The findings include:
During a review on 1/3/18 of written contracts/agreements established between the facility and outside agencies/vendors it was identified that a written transfer agreement between the facility and a hospital(s) had not been established in the event a patient required transfer to a nearby acute care hospital. …
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