Friendship Village of Bloomington: Pharmacy Review Failures - MN
The May 2026 inspection, a standard health survey, turned up a deficiency under the pharmacy services category for the facility's failure to ensure a licensed pharmacist performed monthly drug regimen reviews in line with the facility's own policies and procedures. Inspectors flagged it as an isolated finding, no actual harm documented, but with potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
That last phrase carries weight. Drug regimen reviews exist precisely because older adults in long-term care settings are among the most medically complex patients anywhere in the healthcare system. Many carry a dozen or more diagnoses. Many take a dozen or more medications. The interactions, the dosing errors, the prescriptions that linger long past their usefulness — those are the things a monthly pharmacist review is designed to catch. When the reviews don't happen, or don't happen correctly, those problems can go undetected for weeks.
The pharmacy deficiency was one of 10 total deficiencies cited during the inspection of Friendship Village of Bloomington.
What stands out as much as the violation itself is what came after. As of the inspection record, the facility had submitted no plan of correction. Inspectors cited the deficiency. The provider offered nothing in response.
A plan of correction is the standard mechanism by which a nursing home acknowledges a cited deficiency and commits, in writing, to fixing it by a specific date. It is not optional. The absence of one here means that, at the time this record was finalized, Friendship Village of Bloomington had not put on paper how it intended to make sure residents' medications were being reviewed the way they are supposed to be.
The regulatory tag cited, F0756, covers a specific and well-established requirement: that a licensed pharmacist review each resident's drug regimen at least once a month, that the review include the medical chart, and that any irregularities be reported according to the facility's own developed policies. The tag exists because medication mismanagement in nursing homes is not a theoretical concern. It is a documented, recurring source of resident harm across the country.
Inspectors classified the scope of this violation as isolated, meaning they did not find it affecting residents broadly across the facility. But isolated does not mean inconsequential. A single resident whose medication regimen goes unreviewed for months is a single resident at risk of an adverse drug event that a pharmacist might have caught.
The inspection took place on May 7, 2026.
Friendship Village of Bloomington is a continuing care retirement community, part of a larger network. The facility serves older adults across a range of care levels. The residents most likely to be affected by gaps in pharmacy oversight are those with the most complex medical needs, the ones on the most medications, the ones least able to advocate for themselves if something goes wrong with their prescriptions.
Ten deficiencies in a single inspection is not a small number. The pharmacy finding was one piece of a larger picture inspectors documented that day. What the full picture looks like, resident by resident, medication by medication, is not something the public record makes easy to see.
What it does make clear is this: the reviews were not happening as required, inspectors put it in writing, and the facility, as of this record, had not written back.
Somewhere in that facility, residents are taking their medications today. Whether a licensed pharmacist has reviewed those regimens recently, whether anyone has checked for interactions or outdated prescriptions or dosing problems, is a question the inspection record raises and does not answer.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Friendship Village of Bloomington from 2026-05-07 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
Friendship Village Of Bloomington in BLOOMINGTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 7, 2026.
Inspectors flagged it as an isolated finding, no actual harm documented, but with potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.