Becker's Healthcare May 6, 2024
In 10 years, there were 40 CMS citations that were given out only once.
Becker’s compiled CMS deficiency citations for hospitals from 2014 to 2024. Of 352 categories of citations given in 10 years, 40 were handed out only once. Find the most common citations here.
Here are trends in the rarest citations:
Patient care
Deficiencies in patient care is one of the most common citations for immediate jeopardy, but some of the rarer deficiencies were:
- Adequate personnel to formulate treatment plans
- After-hours access to drugs
- Care of patients-practitioners
- Delivery of services
- Designated requester
- Receiving an inappropriate transfer
Records
Inappropriate record keeping was a common trend among the rarest citations. These included:
- Coding and indexing of medical...
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