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F826: Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor

F826 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor. It sits in CMS's quality of life and care category.

38citations in the CMS files
38homes cited at least once
15in the 12 months to September 2026
0.0%rated actual harm or immediate jeopardy

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). 50.0% of F826 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.

  • Immediate jeopardy (J, K, L)0 (0.0%)
  • Actual harm (G, H, I)0 (0.0%)
  • Potential for more than minimal harm (D, E, F)38 (100.0%)
  • Potential for minimal harm (A, B, C)0 (0.0%)

By letter: D 29, E 9.

What inspectors wrote

Three recent F826 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.

Inspectors wrote, July 24, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide specialized rehabilitative services per resident's physician order for one (R2) resident out of three residents reviewed for quality of care. This failure has the potential to affect a resident from attaining, maintaining, or restoring their highest practicable level of physical, mental, functional and psycho-social well-being.

California Terrace, Chicago, IL

Inspectors wrote, May 15, 2026, scope and severity EBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that specialized rehabilitative services were provided by qualified personal when the Director or Rehabilitation (DOR), who was a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA), transcribed the Physical Therapist (PT) evaluation findings into the Joint Mobility Assessment (JMA, brief assessment of a resident's range of motion in each joint of both arms and legs) for two of two sample residents (Resident 5 and Resident 34). [...]

College Vista Post-Acute, Los Angeles, CA

Inspectors wrote, April 7, 2026, scope and severity EBased on record review and interviews, the facility did not ensure that residents received specialized respiratory therapy provided by and performed by qualified personnel for no less than three residents while Respiratory Therapist (RT)-L was employed at the facility.*Respiratory Therapist (RT)-L was hired [DATE]. RT-L's RT license expired on [DATE]. RT-L worked in the facility from [DATE] until [DATE] with an expired license.

Edenbrook Lakeside, Milwaukee, WI

Most recent F826 citations

InspectionHomeTownLetter
July 30, 2026Long Beach Healthcare CenterLong Beach, CA D
July 24, 2026California TerraceChicago, IL D
May 15, 2026College Vista Post-AcuteLos Angeles, CA E
April 21, 2026Sequoia VistaVisalia, CA E
April 10, 2026Warren Barr Gold CoastChicago, IL D
April 7, 2026Edenbrook LakesideMilwaukee, WI E
March 18, 2026Woodside Post AcuteMolalla, OR D
February 20, 2026Kalakaua GardensHonolulu, HI D
January 29, 2026All Saints Healthcare SubacuteNorth Hollywood, CA D
January 28, 2026Avir at KingslandKingsland, TX D
January 28, 2026Northvine Postacute CareSanta Rosa, CA D
January 23, 2026Artesia Christian Home Inc.Artesia, CA D
January 15, 2026Country Crest Post-AcuteOroville, CA E
January 8, 2026The EarlwoodTorrance, CA D
October 17, 2025Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare CenterSalisbury, MD D
August 19, 2025Westwood Post AcuteSan Jose, CA D
July 28, 2025Crown Pointe Care CenterColumbus, OH D
June 5, 2025Mountain View Post AcuteBarstow, CA D
May 23, 2025Evercare of SwanseaSwansea, IL D
May 15, 2025Holy Spirit Retirement HomeSioux City, IA D
March 7, 2025Payson Care CenterPayson, AZ D
February 7, 2025The Springs Post-AcuteNorwalk, CA D
January 7, 2025Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at CheswickCheswick, PA E
November 8, 2024Broadway by the SeaLong Beach, CA E
October 24, 2024Oceana Healthcare CenterLos Angeles, CA D

F826 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.

StateCitations
California17
Illinois4
Ohio2
Arizona1
Florida1
Georgia1
Hawaii1
Iowa1
Indiana1
Louisiana1
Maryland1
Nebraska1
Nevada1
Oregon1
Pennsylvania1
Texas1
Virginia1
Wisconsin1

By inspection year: 2019 1, 2023 5, 2024 9, 2025 9, 2026 14.

Common questions

What is F826 in a nursing home inspection?
F826 is the federal requirement to "provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor". CMS files it under quality of life and care. A home cited under F826 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
How often is F826 cited?
The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 38 F826 citations at 38 nursing homes, 15 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
Is a F826 citation serious?
It depends on the letter. Most F826 citations (100.0%) 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

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