F949: Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment
F949 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
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). 26.7% of F949 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 14, C 5, D 75, E 111, F 56, G 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F949 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 EBased on interview and document review the facility failed to ensure 1 of 8 staff nursing assistant (NA)-M had completed the required Alzheimer's and dementia care training program. This had the potential to affect all residents in the facility who had an Alzheimer's or dementia diagnosis.
St. Anthony Park Home Inc, Saint Paul, MN
Inspectors wrote, July 23, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to provide the required behavioral health training for 4 (S9Licensed Practical Nurse [LPN], S11Certified Nursing Assistant [CNA], S15CNA, S16CNA) of 5 sampled direct care staff's personnel files reviewed for training requirements.
St. Margaret's Daughters Home, New Orleans, LA
Inspectors wrote, July 15, 2026, scope and severity EBased on interview and record review it was determined the facility failed to develop, implement, and maintain an effective training program related to behavior health care and services for 1 of 1 training program reviewed for staff training. This placed residents at risk for unmet behavioral health care needs.
South Hills Rehabilitation Center, Eugene, OR
Most recent F949 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 1 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2023 | Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation Community | Centreville, MI | G | Standard |
Most recent F949 citations
F949 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: 2022 2, 2023 38, 2024 98, 2025 78, 2026 46.
Common questions
- What is F949 in a nursing home inspection?
- F949 is the federal requirement to "provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment". CMS files it under administration. A home cited under F949 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F949 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 262 F949 citations at 243 nursing homes, 63 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.4% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F949 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F949 citations (92.4%) 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