Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that binding arbitration agreements provide for the selection of a neutral arbitrator and a location convenient to both parties for 2 of 3 sampled Residents (Residents #67 and 41). Findings include: 1. Per record review, Resident #67 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The signed binding arbitration agreement in Resident #67's chart was signed by the Resident's Representative on admission to the facility. The agreement contains the following language: All Arbitrations shall be administered by ADR Options, Inc. …
F848 citations in Vermont
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
Vermont cites F848 more often than its own record predicts
6.34 times the share F848 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Vermont 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 Vermont surveyors wrote
F848 findings written in Vermont, 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.
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