Maine Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 78 skilled nursing facilities in Maine. Facilities average 28.6 deficiency citations each, with 2,233 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 18 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Maine'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 Maine
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 448 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 434 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 421 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 207 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 205 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 180 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Maine
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 151 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 130 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 126 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 108 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 104 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 100 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 97 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 88 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 83 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 74 citations
More Maine Compliance Data
- Maine Nursing Home Scorecard
- Maine Compliance Benchmark
- Maine Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Maine
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