New Hampshire Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how New Hampshire compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. New Hampshire's 74 CMS-certified facilities average 14.1 deficiency citations each, with 1,047 total citations on record and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 15 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where New Hampshire facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in New Hampshire
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 188 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 162 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 157 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 128 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 121 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 80 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in New Hampshire
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 95 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 87 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 82 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 57 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 28 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 26 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 22 citations
- F-Tag F0758: Psychotropic Drugs-PRN Use — 21 citations
- F-Tag F0725: Sufficient Nursing Staff — 20 citations
- F-Tag F0883: Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations — 20 citations
More New Hampshire Compliance Data
- New Hampshire Nursing Home Scorecard
- New Hampshire State Compliance Guide
- New Hampshire Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in New Hampshire
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