Deficiency Index

F847

Administration Deficiencies

Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

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

Citations in 2025160

Every F847 citation surveyors wrote nationally that year.

Facilities cited160

Distinct nursing homes with at least one F847 finding.

The harm level

How severely F847 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.
SeverityIsolatedPatternWidespread
Immediate jeopardyJ—K—L—
Actual harmG—H—I—
No harm, potential for more than minimalD28247.2%E19532.7%F6611.1%
No harm, potential for minimalA—B183.0%C366.0%
Every recorded F847 citation, by the harm level and scope the surveyor assigned.

In the surveyor’s words

What an F847 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.

F · No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadSeptember 8, 2026

Based on record review and staff interviews the facility failed to ensure the arbitration agreement clearly communicated that the right to rescind within 30 days could be requested verbally or in writing. Additionally, the facility failed to ensure the arbitration agreement stated that with each new admission more than 30 days after discharge, a new arbitration agreement would be offered and the facility failed to maintain a formal written policy governing the arbitration agreement process. The deficient practice has the potential to affect all residents admitted to the facility. …

Belaire Health Care Center · North Carolina

B · No harm, potential for minimal, patternJuly 29, 2026

Based on interview, record review, resident admission packet review, and policy review, the provider failed to ensure the binding arbitration agreement forms provided to residents or their representatives for review and signature contained the required information for one of one sampled resident (25).Findings include:1. Interview on 7/27/26 at 12:32 p.m. with business manager W revealed that she was assigned to develop and implement a binding arbitration agreement policy for the facility in January 2026. The policy was approved in March 2026, and only one resident's representative had signed an arbitration agreement form since then. Resident 25's representative signed the resident's arbitration agreement form.2. …

Aurora Brule Nursing Home Inc · South Dakota

By state — 2025

Where F847 is cited more, and less, than expected

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

Co-occurrence

Cited alongside F847

Of the 2025 surveys that cited F847, these tags appeared in the same inspection more often than chance would predict.

Cited in the same inspection, not caused by one another.

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