Based on interview and document review, the facility's binding Arbitration Agreement failed to offer a neutral and fair arbitration process by ensuring both the resident and/or resident representative and the facility agreed on the selection of a neutral arbitrator (an impartial, or unbiased third-party decision maker, contracted with, and agreed to by both parties to resolve their dispute). This had the potential to affect all 12 residents that admitted after 10/1/25.Findings include: Review of the facility's Resident and Facility Arbitration Agreement undated, indicated binding arbitration would be conducted at a place agreed upon by the Parties, or in the absence of such an agreement, at the Facility. …
F848 citations in Minnesota
Administration Deficiencies
Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Minnesota cites F848 more often than its own record predicts
1.57 times the share F848 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Minnesota in 2024, this is the portion that was F848.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Minnesota surveyors wrote
F848 findings written in Minnesota, 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.
Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to offer a neutral and fair arbitration process by ensuring both the resident and his or her representative, and the facility agree on the selection of a neutral arbitrator, and that the venue is convenient to both parties for 2 of 2 residents (R57, R67) reviewed for binding arbitration. Findings include: R57's annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], identified R57 was admitted to facility on 4/27/22 and had intact cognition. Review of R57's signed Bywood East Health Care Arbitration Agreement dated 5/2/22, documented, The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in accordance with its Rules of Procedure. …
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