Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed provide a full-time, qualified social services worker meeting requirement of S483.70(p). Specifically, the facility employed an individual with a Bachelor of Science degree as the facility social worker; and the facility was unable to provide credible evidence demonstrating the individual had completed at least one year of supervised social work experience under the supervision of a qualified bachelor's degree-level social worker. This deficient practice had the potential to affect residents requiring psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, behavioral support services, and coordination of resident rights and social service needs. …
F850 citations in Virginia
Administration Deficiencies
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Virginia cites F850 more often than its own record predicts
1.56 times the share F850 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Virginia in 2025, this is the portion that was F850.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Virginia surveyors wrote
F850 findings written in Virginia, 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 Virginia citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.05% | 1.10× |
| 2025 | 0.08% | 1.56× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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