California Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how California compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. California's 1,162 CMS-certified facilities average 50.0 deficiency citations each, with 58,066 total citations on record and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 437 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where California facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in California
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 13,332 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 8,948 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 8,722 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 7,432 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 6,091 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 4,330 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in California
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 3,420 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 2,663 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 2,659 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 2,658 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 2,108 citations
- F-Tag F0755: Pharmacy Services/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records — 2,013 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 1,938 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 1,425 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 1,403 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 1,360 citations