F710: Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care
F710 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
It sits in CMS's nursing and physician services 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). 29.3% of F710 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 277, E 30, F 1, G 10, J 7, K 3.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F710 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, July 23, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a physician or the facility's Medical Director promptly provided medical care to one of three sampled residents (Resident 1) when Resident 1's attending physician did not respond to Resident 1's change of condition of increased heart rate and fever on 7/4/2026. This failure had the potential for Resident 1 not to receive timely care and treatment and worsen Resident 1's condition.
Arcadia Care Center, Arcadia, CA
Inspectors wrote, July 20, 2026, scope and severity DBased on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the medical care of each resident was supervised by a physician when the ordering provider failed to communicate the discontinuation of a Morphine Sulfate (a narcotic; a controlled medication classified as an opioid, prescribed to treat severe pain) order and the initiation of a new more concentrated Morphine Sulfate order, for 1 of 1 resident reviewed, who was administered 10 times the prescribed dose of Morphine Sulfate and required transfer to the hospital for an evaluation, Resident ID #1.
Lincolnwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, North Providence, RI
Inspectors wrote, July 18, 2026, scope and severity DBased on clinical record review and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that a physician supervised care in a timely manner for one of 12 sampled residents. (Resident R5)
John J Kane Regional Center-Ro, Pittsburgh, PA
Most recent F710 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 20 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2026 | Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent | Staten Island, NY | G | Complaint |
| July 18, 2025 | Lincolnwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | North Providence, RI | J | Complaint |
| June 17, 2025 | Perimeter Rehabilitation Suites by Harborview | Atlanta, GA | J | Complaint |
| May 15, 2025 | Shawnee Care Center | Shawnee, OK | G | Complaint |
| April 17, 2025 | Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center | Clearwater, FL | K | Complaint |
| March 3, 2025 | Springfield Health & Rehab | Springfield, VT | J | Complaint |
| November 12, 2024 | Blueberry Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr | Beverly, MA | J | Complaint |
| October 24, 2024 | Medilodge of Farmington | Farmington, MI | K | Standard |
| September 18, 2024 | Colonial Health & Rehab Center, LLC | Virginia Beach, VA | G | Complaint |
| April 30, 2024 | Doctors Community Rehabilitation and Patient Care | Lanham, MD | G | Standard |
| February 9, 2024 | Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center | Newhall, CA | J | Complaint |
| December 27, 2023 | The Palms Nursing & Rehabilitation | Corpus Christi, TX | J | Complaint |
| September 7, 2023 | Laredo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Laredo, TX | K | Complaint |
| July 6, 2023 | Adviniacare Orchard, LLC | East Providence, RI | J | Standard |
| April 13, 2023 | Lyonsview Health and Rehabilitation Center | Knoxville, TN | G | Standard |
| December 7, 2022 | Complete Care at Park Place LLC | Monmouth Junction, NJ | G | Standard |
| April 13, 2022 | Spring Creek Healthcare Center | Salt Lake City, UT | G | Standard |
| April 3, 2021 | Seneca Place | Louisville, KY | G | Standard |
| September 6, 2019 | Klondike Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Louisville, KY | G | Standard |
| August 31, 2019 | Signature Healthcare at Rockford Rehab & Wellness | Louisville, KY | G | Standard |
Most recent F710 citations
F710 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.
By inspection year: 2018 3, 2019 13, 2020 6, 2021 11, 2022 21, 2023 62, 2024 99, 2025 73, 2026 40.
Common questions
- What is F710 in a nursing home inspection?
- F710 is the federal requirement to "obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care". CMS files it under nursing and physician services. A home cited under F710 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F710 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 328 F710 citations at 314 nursing homes, 60 of them in the 12 months to that date. 6.1% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F710 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F710 citations (93.9%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 10 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