Minnesota Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
This benchmark summarizes the loaded records for Minnesota. For the 338 facilities with linked history (338 of 339), there are 7,879 cited deficiencies, averaging 23.3 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 233 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 Minnesota
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,282 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,301 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 936 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 773 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 747 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 588 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Minnesota
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 570 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 488 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 415 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 288 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 269 citations
- F-Tag F0883: Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations — 218 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 215 citations
- F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 210 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 203 citations
- F-Tag F0554: Resident Self-Admin Meds-Clinically Appropriate — 184 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 Minnesota Compliance Data
- Minnesota Nursing Home Scorecard
- Minnesota State Compliance Guide
- Minnesota Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Minnesota
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- 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