Arkansas Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 221 skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas. Facilities average 20.9 deficiency citations each, with 4,613 total citations recorded and 1 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 83 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Arkansas's most-cited F-Tags and deficiency categories helps administrators focus survey-preparation and Plan of Correction efforts where citations are most likely.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Arkansas
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,194 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 914 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 691 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 603 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 377 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 366 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Arkansas
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 468 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 307 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 299 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 221 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 213 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 181 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 156 citations
- F-Tag F0805: Food in Form to Meet Individual Needs — 147 citations
- F-Tag F0803: Menus Meet Resident Needs/Prep in Advance/Followed — 143 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 138 citations
More Arkansas Compliance Data
- Arkansas Nursing Home Scorecard
- Arkansas Compliance Benchmark
- Arkansas Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Arkansas
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