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 Florida. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Florida cites F843 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share2.08×
2.08 times the share F843 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Florida citations0.03%
Of every deficiency written in Florida in 2025, this is the portion that was F843.
Florida0.03%
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 Florida surveyors wrote
F843 findings written in Florida, 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, widespreadAugust 29, 2025
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to have a written transfer agreement in effect with one or more hospitals approved for participation in Medicare/Medicaid programs. The findings included:On 8/29/25 a request was made to the facility to review the facility's transfer agreement with one or more hospitals approved for participation in the Medicare/Medicaid programs. On 8/29/25 at 12:15 p.m., in an interview the Regional [NAME] President of Operations said the facility did not have a transfer agreement with any hospital.On 8/29/25 at 1:30 p.m., in an interview the Administrator verified the facility did not have a transfer agreement with one or more hospitals approved for participation in the Medicare/Medicaid program.
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