Texas Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 1,178 skilled nursing facilities in Texas. Facilities average 26.3 deficiency citations each, with 30,983 total citations recorded and 4 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 2,364 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Texas'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 Texas
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 6,723 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 5,090 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 4,251 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 3,903 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 3,291 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 2,469 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Texas
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 2,347 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 2,004 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 1,701 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 1,589 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 1,402 citations
- F-Tag F0755: Pharmacy Services/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records — 1,318 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 970 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 881 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 864 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 767 citations
More Texas Compliance Data
- Texas Nursing Home Scorecard
- Texas Compliance Benchmark
- Texas Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Texas
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