Missouri Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how Missouri compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. Missouri's 487 CMS-certified facilities average 36.0 deficiency citations each, with 17,541 total citations on record and 4 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 333 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where Missouri facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Missouri
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 4,177 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 3,282 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,310 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,638 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 1,623 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 1,366 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Missouri
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 915 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 823 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 814 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 646 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 489 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 481 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 480 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 451 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 418 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 360 citations
More Missouri Compliance Data
- Missouri Nursing Home Scorecard
- Missouri State Compliance Guide
- Missouri Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Missouri
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
- 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