https://credolex.com/blog/ Plain-language guides to the CMS F-tags that turn on staff credentials and training. en-us Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://credolex.com/blog/cms-credential-and-training-f-tags https://credolex.com/blog/cms-credential-and-training-f-tags Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT F726, F730, F947, F882, F801 and 19 more. A plain-language guide to every CMS F-tag that turns on whether a license, a competency or a training hour was on file, with how often each one is actually cited. https://credolex.com/blog/f726-nurse-aide-competency https://credolex.com/blog/f726-nurse-aide-competency Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT F726 has been cited 2,494 times at 2,077 nursing homes since 2017, including 1,130 in the last two years. What the tag actually requires, what surveyors ask to see, and the five ways buildings fail it. https://credolex.com/blog/f730-annual-in-service-hours https://credolex.com/blog/f730-annual-in-service-hours Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT F730 requires a performance review of every nurse aide at least once every 12 months, plus at least 12 hours of in-service a year. It has been cited 1,484 times at 1,329 nursing homes. Here is where the twelve hours usually go missing. https://credolex.com/blog/f947-f943-required-in-service-training https://credolex.com/blog/f947-f943-required-in-service-training Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT F947 requires specific in-service content for nurse aides. F943 requires abuse, neglect and exploitation training for everyone. Together they have been cited 1,570 times at more than 1,400 nursing homes. What each one covers and how they differ. https://credolex.com/blog/f882-infection-preventionist https://credolex.com/blog/f882-infection-preventionist Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT F882 requires a designated infection preventionist with specialised training who works at least part time at the facility. It has been cited 834 times at 782 nursing homes, 366 of them in the last two years. The four ways buildings fail it. https://credolex.com/blog/nursing-home-credential-citations-by-state https://credolex.com/blog/nursing-home-credential-citations-by-state Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 37.8% of the 14,690 Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes in the United States have been cited on a staff credential or training F-tag since 2017. State-by-state figures for all 50 states, from CMS survey data. https://credolex.com/blog/f801-qualified-dietitian https://credolex.com/blog/f801-qualified-dietitian Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT F801 has been cited 1,272 times at 1,098 nursing homes, making it the second most cited credential tag in the country. It is about a role that almost never appears in the nursing department's credential file. https://credolex.com/blog/credential-tracking-spreadsheet-fails https://credolex.com/blog/credential-tracking-spreadsheet-fails Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nearly every skilled nursing facility tracks staff licenses and in-service hours in Excel or Google Sheets. The spreadsheet is not the problem. The four specific moments where it stops working are, and three of them have nothing to do with the file.