Based on record review and interviews related to mandatory submission of staffing information, the facility failed to ensure complete and accurate direct care staffing information based on payroll data was submitted to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) for fiscal year quarter 1 2026 (October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025). This has the potential to affect all residents (47 Residents).Findings: Review of the facility's payroll based journal report, titled PBJ Staffing Data Report CASPER (Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Report) 1705D FY (Fiscal Year) Quarter 1, 2026 (October 1 - December 31) stated that the facility Failed to Submit Data for the Quarter was triggered. Triggered' was defined as no data submitted for quarter. …
F851 citations in Maine
Staffing data submission · Administration Deficiencies
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Maine cites F851 less often than its own record predicts
0.60 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Maine in 2025, this is the portion that was F851.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Maine surveyors wrote
F851 findings written in Maine, 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 Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.32% | 1.37× |
| 2025 | 0.13% | 0.60× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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