Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure their binding arbitration agreement (a clause within a contract where parties agree to resolve disputes through arbitration (arbitration; formal out -of-court method of resolving disputes) and waive their right to a trial and agree to accept the arbitrator's decision as final) included a provision for convenient venue (a location in which to carry out arbitration proceedings which should be agreed upon and suitable for both parties) selection. …
F848 citations in New Mexico
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 Mexico cites F848 more often than its own record predicts
2.77 times the share F848 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico 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 Mexico surveyors wrote
F848 findings written in New Mexico, 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 Mexico citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.10% | 2.06× |
| 2025 | 0.11% | 2.77× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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