Indiana Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 507 skilled nursing facilities in Indiana. Facilities average 24.7 deficiency citations each, with 12,506 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 101 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Indiana'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 Indiana
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 4,402 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,816 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,461 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 1,417 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 902 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 834 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Indiana
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 788 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 648 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 634 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 574 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 505 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 434 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 415 citations
- F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 346 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 330 citations
- F-Tag F0690: Bowel/Bladder Incontinence Catheter UTI — 309 citations
More Indiana Compliance Data
- Indiana Nursing Home Scorecard
- Indiana Compliance Benchmark
- Indiana Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Indiana
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