Massachusetts Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
This benchmark summarizes the loaded records for Massachusetts. For the 339 facilities with linked history (339 of 341), there are 10,905 cited deficiencies, averaging 32.2 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 99 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 Massachusetts
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,791 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,258 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,575 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,146 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 904 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 644 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Massachusetts
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 577 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 543 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 468 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 456 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 386 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 382 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 360 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 277 citations
- F-Tag F0580: Notify of Changes (Injury/Decline/Room etc.) — 241 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 239 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 Massachusetts Compliance Data
- Massachusetts Nursing Home Scorecard
- Massachusetts State Compliance Guide
- Massachusetts Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Massachusetts
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