Utah Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 97 skilled nursing facilities in Utah. Facilities average 27.7 deficiency citations each, with 2,691 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 64 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Utah'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 Utah
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 603 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 351 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 343 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 308 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 273 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 254 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Utah
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 136 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 133 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 119 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 91 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 87 citations
- F-Tag F0757: Drug Regimen is Free From Unnecessary Drugs — 72 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 68 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 65 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 64 citations
- F-Tag F0610: Investigate/Prevent/Correct Alleged Violations — 62 citations
More Utah Compliance Data
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