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F0552
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies
What F0552 means
F0552is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0552 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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 F0552
Top 50 facilities by number of F0552 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.