Based on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure that hospice services meet professional standards of principles that apply to individuals providing services in the facility for 1 of 1 residents reviewed, who is receiving hospice services, Resident ID #10. Findings are as follows:Record review revealed that Resident ID #10 was admitted to the facility in November of 2025 with a diagnosis including, but not limited to, chronic pain disorder. Record review revealed the resident was admitted to hospice services in January of 2026.Record review of a care plan, dated 1/22/2026, revealed the resident is receiving hospice services with interventions including, but not limited to, coordinate the plan of care with hospice.Review of the Resident's electronic and… …
F849 citations in Rhode Island
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 — 2025
Rhode Island cites F849 less often than its own record predicts
0.64 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, 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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F849 findings written in Rhode Island, 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 record review and staff interview it has been determined that the facility failed to obtain the hospice plan of care and physician certification of the terminal illness for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for hospice services, Resident ID #11. Findings are as follows: Record review revealed the resident was admitted to the facility in July of 2020 with diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . Review of a hospice admission level of care document revealed the resident was admitted to hospice services on 1/18/2021. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Rhode Island citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.44% | 1.45× |
| 2025 | 0.17% | 0.64× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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