F657: Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals
F657 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
It sits in CMS's resident assessment and care planning 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). 23.1% of F657 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 90, C 7, D 6,705, E 1,605, F 33, G 37, H 3, J 18, K 2.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F657 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, August 13, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and document review, the facility failed to ensure quarterly care conferences were provided or offered for 1 of 1 resident (R61) reviewed for care planning.
Good Samaritan Society - Maplewood, Saint Paul, MN
Inspectors wrote, August 5, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a comprehensive care plan was reviewed and revised by the interdisciplinary team after each assessment, including both the comprehensive and quarterly review assessments for 1 of 18 residents (Resident #2) reviewed for comprehensive resident centered care plans. The facility failed to ensure Resident #2's comprehensive care plan was reviewed and revised with having PASRR positive status for mental illness. This failure could place residents at risk of not receiving the care and services to meet their needs. [...]
Spindletop Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Beaumont, TX
Inspectors wrote, August 5, 2026, scope and severity DBased on record review, observation, and interviews, the facility failed to update the plan of care for Resident (R) 36 when the resident began using insulin and required blood sugar monitoring.
North Point Skilled Nursing Center, Paola, KS
Most recent F657 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, the latest 40 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2026 | Gettysburg Center | Gettysburg, PA | G | Complaint |
| May 27, 2026 | Pioneer Trace Group LLC | Flemingsburg, KY | J | Complaint |
| May 13, 2026 | Noxubee County Nursing Home | Macon, MS | J | Complaint |
| April 1, 2026 | Bel Aire Center | Newport, VT | G | Complaint |
| December 16, 2025 | Center for Living & Rehabilitation | Bennington, VT | G | Complaint |
| September 16, 2025 | Yazoo City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Yazoo City, MS | G | Complaint |
| August 17, 2025 | Fountainview Ctr for Alzheimer | Atlanta, GA | J | Complaint |
| June 12, 2025 | Franciscan Post-Acute Care Center | Merced, CA | G | Complaint |
| May 15, 2025 | Trenton Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | Trenton, NJ | J | Complaint |
| May 14, 2025 | Sunrise Post Acute | Banning, CA | G | Complaint |
| May 8, 2025 | La Vida Serena Nursing and Rehabilitation | Del Rio, TX | G | Complaint |
| April 11, 2025 | Brookside Nursing Center | Madill, OK | J | Complaint |
| April 4, 2025 | Hillcrest Manor Nursing Center | Blackwell, OK | G | Standard |
| April 2, 2025 | Lawrence Co Nursing Center | Monticello, MS | G | Standard |
| March 17, 2025 | Community Health Care of Gore | Gore, OK | G | Standard |
| March 15, 2025 | Carmel Manor | Fort Thomas, KY | G | Complaint |
| February 3, 2025 | Parkway Health & Rehab LLC | Canton, MS | G | Complaint |
| November 22, 2024 | Bourbon Heights Nursing Home | Paris, KY | G | Standard |
| November 21, 2024 | Grand Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | Bronx, NY | G | Complaint |
| November 21, 2024 | The Laurels of Fulton | Perrinton, MI | G | Standard |
| September 30, 2024 | Barbourville Health and Rehabilitation Center | Barbourville, KY | H | Complaint |
| June 14, 2024 | Liberty Care & Rehabilitation Center | Liberty, KY | G | Complaint |
| May 31, 2024 | Ruleville Community Care Center | Ruleville, MS | J | Complaint |
| April 16, 2024 | Complete Care at Prospect Heights LLC | Hackensack, NJ | G | Complaint |
| April 5, 2024 | Yazoo City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Yazoo City, MS | J | Complaint |
| February 28, 2024 | The Manor of Farmington Hills | Farmington Hills, MI | G | Complaint |
| February 19, 2024 | Avir at Arden Wood | Houston, TX | K | Complaint |
| January 31, 2024 | Shenandoah Valley Health and Rehab | Buena Vista, VA | G | Complaint |
| January 31, 2024 | West Chicago Living and Rehab Center | West Chicago, IL | G | Complaint |
| January 23, 2024 | Klondike Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Louisville, KY | G | Complaint |
| January 11, 2024 | Harrison Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Cynthiana, KY | G | Standard |
| December 5, 2023 | Pine Forest Health and Rehabilitation | Jackson, MS | J | Complaint |
| November 29, 2023 | Pikes Peak Post Acute | Colorado Springs, CO | G | Complaint |
| October 14, 2023 | Mills Nursing & Rehabilitation | Mayfield, KY | J | Complaint |
| October 11, 2023 | Ascension Living Alexian Village Tennessee | Signal Mountain, TN | J | Complaint |
| October 5, 2023 | Laughlin Health Care Center | Greeneville, TN | G | Complaint |
| September 29, 2023 | Henson Park Health & Rehabilitation | Danville, KY | J | Complaint |
| September 22, 2023 | Diversicare of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge, TN | J | Complaint |
| September 18, 2023 | Hopkins Center | Wyncote, PA | G | Complaint |
| July 27, 2023 | Edgewood Health & Rehabilitation | Byram, MS | G | Standard |
Most recent F657 citations
F657 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 |
|---|---|
| California | 901 |
| Ohio | 581 |
| Texas | 455 |
| Pennsylvania | 418 |
| Virginia | 397 |
| Maryland | 392 |
| New York | 349 |
| Kansas | 285 |
| Indiana | 273 |
| Michigan | 272 |
| Missouri | 254 |
| Iowa | 240 |
| Illinois | 238 |
| Washington | 231 |
| Oklahoma | 226 |
| Connecticut | 190 |
| West Virginia | 180 |
| Minnesota | 176 |
| Florida | 174 |
| Tennessee | 164 |
| New Mexico | 145 |
| New Jersey | 140 |
| North Carolina | 129 |
| Wisconsin | 121 |
| Massachusetts | 119 |
| Kentucky | 104 |
| Georgia | 96 |
| Maine | 94 |
| Louisiana | 93 |
| Arkansas | 89 |
| Oregon | 88 |
| Montana | 87 |
| Idaho | 86 |
| Nebraska | 68 |
| South Dakota | 68 |
| North Dakota | 64 |
| Hawaii | 59 |
| Delaware | 57 |
| Mississippi | 48 |
| Nevada | 46 |
| Arizona | 45 |
| South Carolina | 45 |
| District of Columbia | 43 |
| Vermont | 38 |
| Colorado | 32 |
| Alabama | 24 |
| Alaska | 19 |
| New Hampshire | 17 |
| Rhode Island | 17 |
| Utah | 12 |
| Wyoming | 8 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 |
| Guam | 1 |
By inspection year: 2017 2, 2018 54, 2019 357, 2020 106, 2021 271, 2022 622, 2023 1,537, 2024 2,317, 2025 2,025, 2026 1,209.
Common questions
- What is F657 in a nursing home inspection?
- F657 is the federal requirement to "develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals". CMS files it under resident assessment and care planning. A home cited under F657 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F657 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 8,500 F657 citations at 6,003 nursing homes, 1,671 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.7% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F657 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F657 citations (98.2%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 20 were immediate jeopardy, the most serious 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