District of Columbia Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
This benchmark summarizes the loaded records for District of Columbia. For the 17 facilities with linked history (17 of 17), there are 1,026 cited deficiencies, averaging 60.4 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 22 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 District of Columbia
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 209 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 200 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 164 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 118 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 89 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 56 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in District of Columbia
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 51 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 45 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 42 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 40 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 39 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 37 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 36 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 34 citations
- F-Tag F0610: Investigate/Prevent/Correct Alleged Violations — 32 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 31 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 District of Columbia Compliance Data
- District of Columbia Nursing Home Scorecard
- District of Columbia State Compliance Guide
- District of Columbia Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in District of Columbia
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
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- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- 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
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- 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