Failure to Provide Required Bed-Hold Notice Upon Hospital Transfer
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide a written bed-hold notice to a resident who was transferred to the hospital for medical evaluation and treatment following a fall with major injury. Record review on 1/7/26 showed that the resident was transferred on 2/24/25, but the clinical record contained no evidence that the resident or the resident’s representative received the required written bed-hold notice at the time of transfer. During an interview on 1/8/26 at 9:45 a.m., the Licensed Social Worker reported that she had reviewed the entire record and found several bed-hold notices, but none corresponding to the date of the hospital transfer in question, confirming that the notice was not provided for that hospitalization. This deficiency is based solely on the absence of documentation of a bed-hold notice for the specific transfer date and the Licensed Social Worker’s confirmation during the surveyor interview that no such notice was given for that event.
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