Arkansas Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
This benchmark summarizes the loaded records for Arkansas. For the 220 facilities with linked history (220 of 221), there are 4,613 cited deficiencies, averaging 21.0 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 83 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Categories and F-Tags below are counts from official CMS Health Deficiencies data, not recommendations or predictions.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Arkansas
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,194 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 914 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 691 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 603 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 377 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 366 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Arkansas
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 468 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 307 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 299 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 221 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 213 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 181 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 156 citations
- F-Tag F0805: Food in Form to Meet Individual Needs — 147 citations
- F-Tag F0803: Menus Meet Resident Needs/Prep in Advance/Followed — 143 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 138 citations
Sources and methodology
Source: CMS nursing-home Provider Data. POCDesk aggregates citations present in the loaded Health Deficiencies records; it does not create CMS ratings or recommendations. See the editorial standards and methodology and 42 CFR Part 483.
More Arkansas Compliance Data
- Arkansas Nursing Home Scorecard
- Arkansas State Compliance Guide
- Arkansas Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Arkansas
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
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- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
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- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- Practical SNF Answers
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families