The most commonly citations in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility surveys from 2018 through 2025 shifted between post-intervention debriefings and education and training, according to data from CMS’ Quality, Certification and Oversight Reports.
The data includes survey findings for the subset of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities with survey records in the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports database. Source data was current as of June 21.
Here are the most common citations across psychiatric residential facilities:
2018: Post-intervention debriefings (3.6% of 496 providers)
2019: Post-intervention debriefings (3.7% of 488 providers)
2020: Education and training (1.7% of 470 providers)
2021: Post-intervention debriefings (5% of 456 providers)
2022: Education and training (4.3% of 439 providers)
2023: Education and training (4.1% of 415 providers)
2024: Post-intervention debriefings (5% of 399 providers)
2025: Post-intervention debriefings (4.6% of 388 providers)
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