Virginia Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how Virginia compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. Virginia's 289 CMS-certified facilities average 38.1 deficiency citations each, with 11,023 total citations on record and 2 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 104 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where Virginia facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Virginia
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,656 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,185 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,924 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,230 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 728 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 643 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Virginia
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 441 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 402 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 397 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 375 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 357 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 354 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 342 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 334 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 289 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 284 citations
More Virginia Compliance Data
- Virginia Nursing Home Scorecard
- Virginia State Compliance Guide
- Virginia Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Virginia
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