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Nursing Home Inspect

Search over 90,000 nursing home inspection reports to look for trends or patterns, evaluate nursing homes near you and compare nursing homes by state.

Serious Deficiencies
States by percentage of homes where at least one serious deficiency (causing "immediate jeopardy") was found during inspections in the last three years.
Tex.
49%
R.I.
46%
Minn.
45%
Del.
43%
N.M.
41%
N.C.
41%
Kan.
40%
S.C.
40%
Average Fines
States with the highest average value per fine given to a nursing home in the last three years.
D.C.
53K
Vt.
38K
Ill.
35K
Del.
33K
N.C.
31K
Mich.
30K
Wash.
30K
Tenn.
27K
Delayed Inspections
States by percentage of homes that are behind schedule on inspections, meaning the home hasn’t had a standard inspection in two or more years.
Ky.
75%
Ala.
67%
Md.
67%
Idaho
53%
Tenn.
50%
Va.
40%
Conn.
31%
Calif.
27%
Highest Fines by Home
Homes with the highest total value of fines received in the last three years. See all homes by highest fines >
siesta key health and rehabilitation center
Florida
$1.24M
grandview rehabilitation and healthcare center
Connecticut
$947K
chicago ridge snf
Illinois
$925K
watseka rehab & hlth care ctr
Illinois
$862K
elevate care country club hill
Illinois
$857K

Special focus facility: Flagged by the government for having a history of serious quality issues.

Special focus facility candidate: Meets the criteria to be a special focus facility but hasn’t yet been designated as one.

Delayed inspections: The most recent standard inspection occurred more than two years ago. Inspections are supposed to occur every 9 to 15 months.

Most Recent Serious Deficiencies
Serious deficiencies are those that caused immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety. See more >
June 7 — Pleasanton, TX

Failure to: Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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June 7 — Pleasanton, TX

Failure to: Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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June 7 — Hammond, LA

Failure to: Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Explore the report.
Understanding Deficiencies

Nursing homes receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding are subject to inspections to determine whether they are meeting resident care requirements. A nursing home’s failure to meet any care requirement is called a deficiency. An inspection report contains one or more deficiencies.

Each deficiency is given a letter rating of A through L based on its severity and scope. Severity is the level of harm caused by the deficiency, and scope is how widespread that harm was. Deficiencies L, K and J are the most serious and indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health and safety, meaning residents affected are at risk of serious injury, harm, impairment or death.

Scope
Severity Isolated
Few people affected
Pattern
Some people affected
Widespread
Many people affected
Level 1
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
A — least serious
0%
B
1.39%
C
1.25%
Level 2
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
D
61.90%
E
23.19%
F
6.69%
Level 3
Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
G
3.24%
H
0.14%
I
0.01%
Level 4
Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
J
1.45%
K
0.55%
L — most serious
0.19% of all deficiencies are of seriousness L
About This Data
Last Updated
All data updated July 2024.
Sources
This app uses data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Information on deficiencies comes from a home’s last three inspection cycles, or roughly three years in total. COVID-19 data comes from the most recent CMS report and is self-reported by nursing homes.
Download
Click here for a list of all Medicare-certified nursing homes.
Download the raw data files, updated July 2024.
Download the unredacted version of inspection reports, requested by ProPublica under the Freedom of Information Act, last updated April 2019. These reports are divided into regions.