F363: Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
F363 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed.
It sits in CMS's nutrition and dietary category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 0.0% of F363 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: C 1.
Most recent F363 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2017 | Crowne Health Care of Ft Payne | Fort Payne, AL | C |
F363 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
| State | Citations |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 |
By inspection year: 2017 1.
Common questions
- What is F363 in a nursing home inspection?
- F363 is the federal requirement to "make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed". CMS files it under nutrition and dietary. A home cited under F363 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F363 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1 F363 citations at 1 nursing homes, 0 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F363 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F363 citations (0.0%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. None in the current files is at the immediate jeopardy level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology