Massachusetts Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 341 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts. Facilities average 32.0 deficiency citations each, with 10,905 total citations recorded and 2 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 99 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Massachusetts'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 Massachusetts
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,791 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,258 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,575 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,146 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 904 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 644 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Massachusetts
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 577 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 543 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 468 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 456 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 386 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 382 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 360 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 277 citations
- F-Tag F0580: Notify of Changes (Injury/Decline/Room etc.) — 241 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 239 citations
More Massachusetts Compliance Data
- Massachusetts Nursing Home Scorecard
- Massachusetts Compliance Benchmark
- Massachusetts Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Massachusetts
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