Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility's policy, it was determined the facility failed to obtain the most recent Hospice agency plan of care and designate a member of the facility's interdisciplinary team (IDT), who was responsible for working with the hospice representative to coordinate care of the resident for one (1) of thirty-three (33) sampled residents, Resident #35. Review of Resident #35's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed no Hospice agency care plan (CP). On 06/02/2023, Nurse Consultant #1, after a request, provided this Surveyor a copy of the Hospice agency CP. In the interview with the SSD, she stated she was not aware of the facility requirement to obtain the Hospice agency's CP for incorporation into the facility's CP. …
F849 citations in Kentucky
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Kentucky cites F849 less often than its own record predicts
0.98 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky in 2023, this is the portion that was F849.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Kentucky surveyors wrote
F849 findings written in Kentucky, 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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