California Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 1,162 skilled nursing facilities in California. Facilities average 50.0 deficiency citations each, with 58,066 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 437 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding California'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 California
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 13,332 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 8,948 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 8,722 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 7,432 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 6,091 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 4,330 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in California
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 3,420 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 2,663 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 2,659 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 2,658 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 2,108 citations
- F-Tag F0755: Pharmacy Services/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records — 2,013 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 1,938 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 1,425 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 1,403 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 1,360 citations