F845: Submit a timely, acceptable plan for facility closure, including notification of the appropriate entities and ensuring residents are transferred in a safe and orderly manner
F845 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Submit a timely, acceptable plan for facility closure, including notification of the appropriate entities and ensuring residents are transferred in a safe and orderly manner.
It sits in CMS's administration 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). 100.0% of F845 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: F 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F845 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, April 2, 2026, scope and severity FBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to develop and implement an adequate plan for relocation and failed to provide written notification at least 60 days prior to closure to residents, resident representatives, and appropriate parties for eight of eight residents reviewed for facility closure (R1-R8). The facility closed abruptly without an approved closure plan or required notifications, resulting in uncoordinated and unsafe resident discharges. This deficient practice placed residents at risk for unsafe transfers, lack of continuity of care, and increased emotional distress.
West Suburban Medical Ctr, Oak Park, IL
Most recent F845 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | West Suburban Medical Ctr | Oak Park, IL | F |
F845 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 |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1 |
By inspection year: 2026 1.
Common questions
- What is F845 in a nursing home inspection?
- F845 is the federal requirement to "submit a timely, acceptable plan for facility closure, including notification of the appropriate entities and ensuring residents are transferred in a safe and orderly manner". CMS files it under administration. A home cited under F845 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F845 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1 F845 citations at 1 nursing homes, 1 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F845 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F845 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