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F0309
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident .
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
What F0309 means
F0309is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0309 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident .
Each citation carries a scope and severity codefrom A through L. Codes J, K, and L indicate “immediate jeopardy” — the most serious level, used when a facility's failure has caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death. Lower letters indicate less severe or less widespread failures.
Facilities most cited for F0309
Top 50 facilities by number of F0309 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.