Starfile / F-tag
F0790
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
What F0790 means
F0790is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0790 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for 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 F0790
Top 50 facilities by number of F0790 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.