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F0850
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
Category: Administration Deficiencies
What F0850 means
F0850is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0850 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
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 F0850
Top 50 facilities by number of F0850 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.