Based on record review, and interviews, the facility failed to provide for the selection of a neutral venue that is convenient to both parties in the binding arbitration agreement embedded in the facility's admission agreement signed by 131 of 139 residents currently residing in the facility. The failure had the potential for residents not to be aware of their legal right to have their disputes resolved in a court of law.Findings include:Review of the facility's admission Agreement revealed: .16. The Home and Resident or Resident's Representative agree that any claim, controversy, or dispute relating directly or indirectly to this Agreement, except for the Home's action to collect for non-payment of fees, shall be resolved by a single arbitrator in an arbitration association. …
F848 citations in New Jersey
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 — 2025
New Jersey cites F848 more often than its own record predicts
2.37 times the share F848 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Jersey in 2025, 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 New Jersey surveyors wrote
F848 findings written in New Jersey, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of New Jersey citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.05% | 1.00× |
| 2025 | 0.09% | 2.37× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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