Mississippi Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how Mississippi compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. Mississippi's 202 CMS-certified facilities average 17.2 deficiency citations each, with 3,476 total citations on record and 1 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 194 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where Mississippi facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Mississippi
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 811 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 794 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 657 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 262 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 253 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 241 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Mississippi
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 373 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 244 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 182 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 176 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 167 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 127 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 111 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 105 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 93 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 92 citations