Deficiency Index

F948

Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Ensure that paid feeding assistants have the training they need.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

Citations in 20258

Every F948 citation surveyors wrote nationally that year.

Facilities cited8

Distinct nursing homes with at least one F948 finding.

The harm level

How severely F948 is cited

0.0% of citations found actual harm or worse (level G and above).

Citations by CMS scope and severity. Rows are harm level, columns are how widespread the finding was.
SeverityIsolatedPatternWidespread
Immediate jeopardyJ—K—L—
Actual harmG—H—I—
No harm, potential for more than minimalD1266.7%E633.3%F—
No harm, potential for minimalA—B—C—
Every recorded F948 citation, by the harm level and scope the surveyor assigned.

In the surveyor’s words

What an F948 citation says

One finding from each severity level, most serious first.

Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedAugust 21, 2026

Based on observation and staff interview it was determined that the facility failed to provide Feeding Assistant training to one of five feeding assistants (Feeding Assistant Employee E18).Findings include: Review of the face sheet indicated Resident R47 admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Review of Resident R47's Minimum Data Set (MDS - a periodic assessment of care needs) dated 6/18/26, indicated the diagnoses of stroke (damage to the brain from an interruption of blood supply), dementia (a general term for loss of memory, language, problem solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life), and depression. Observation on 8/17/26, at 12:13 p.m. Resident R47 was in her wheelchair in the resident's room. …

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