Based on record review and interviews the facility failed to ensure the Arbitration Agreement contained all the required elements for 1 of 1 facility reviewed for Arbitration Agreements. The facility failed to ensure the arbitration agreement included provision of a neutral arbitrator. The facility failed to ensure the arbitration agreement contained a section indicating the provision of a convenient venue. These failures could place the residents or the residents' responsible parties in binding agreements not fully understood, have a loss of their legal rights, and cause negative psychological issues. …
F848 citations in Texas
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
Texas cites F848 less often than its own record predicts
0.20 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Texas 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 Texas surveyors wrote
F848 findings written in Texas, 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 record review the facility failed to ensure that the binding arbitration agreement provided for the selection of a venue that is convenient to both parties for three of three residents (Residents #45, #53, and #57) reviewed for facility compliance with requirements for binding arbitration agreements. The facility failed to ensure that its arbitration agreement provided for the selection of a venue that is convenient for both parties for Residents #45, #53, #57. These failures put residents and their representatives at risk of being uninformed about their rights regarding binding arbitration and less able to defend their rights related to disputes, controversy or claims arising out of or related to the services to be performed by the nursing facility. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Texas citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.07% | 1.14× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.20× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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