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F0555
Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies
What F0555 means
F0555is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0555 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
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 F0555
Top 50 facilities by number of F0555 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.