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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.
51%
N.M.
47%
R.I.
46%
Minn.
44%
Del.
43%
Kan.
42%
N.C.
42%
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.
51K
Vt.
43K
Del.
41K
Ill.
38K
Wash.
37K
N.C.
35K
Tenn.
35K
Mich.
34K
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.
73%
Ala.
69%
Md.
67%
Tenn.
50%
Va.
41%
Idaho
39%
Conn.
36%
Ohio
25%
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
$1.13M
majestic gardens at memphis rehab & snc
Tennessee
$1.06M
chicago ridge snf
Illinois
$987K
watseka rehab & hlth care ctr
Illinois
$862K
sterling manor
New Jersey
$849K

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 >
August 31 — North Hollywood, CA

Failure to: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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August 29 — Worthington, MN

Failure to: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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August 29 — Saint Paul, MN

Failure to: Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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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
1.37%
C
1.23%
Level 2
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
D
61.85%
E
23.15%
F
6.77%
Level 3
Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
G
3.26%
H
0.14%
I
0.01%
Level 4
Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
J
1.49%
K
0.55%
L — most serious
0.19% of all deficiencies are of seriousness L
About This Data
Last Updated
All data updated October 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.
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Download the raw data files, updated October 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.