Rhode Island Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 74 skilled nursing facilities in Rhode Island. Facilities average 28.0 deficiency citations each, with 2,071 total citations recorded and 1 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 118 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Rhode Island'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 Rhode Island
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 593 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 366 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 289 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 173 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 169 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 144 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Rhode Island
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 188 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 127 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 108 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 107 citations
- F-Tag F0760: Residents are Free of Significant Medication Errors — 102 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 95 citations
- F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 81 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 70 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 69 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 56 citations
More Rhode Island Compliance Data
- Rhode Island Nursing Home Scorecard
- Rhode Island Compliance Benchmark
- Rhode Island Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Rhode Island
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