Wisconsin Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS-derived records for the 323 skilled nursing facilities listed in Wisconsin. For the 322 facilities with linked history (322 of 323), there are 8,779 cited deficiencies, averaging 27.3 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 291 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. F-Tag and category counts describe the loaded records and do not predict a future survey.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Wisconsin
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,511 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,252 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 1,071 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,046 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 888 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 739 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Wisconsin
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 611 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 567 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 466 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 392 citations
- F-Tag F0610: Investigate/Prevent/Correct Alleged Violations — 376 citations
- F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 369 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 368 citations
- F-Tag F0755: Pharmacy Services/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records — 291 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 196 citations
- F-Tag F0580: Notify of Changes (Injury/Decline/Room etc.) — 186 citations
Sources and methodology
Source: CMS nursing-home Provider Data. POCDesk aggregates citations present in the loaded Health Deficiencies records; it does not create CMS ratings or recommendations. See the editorial standards and methodology and 42 CFR Part 483.
More Wisconsin Compliance Data
- Wisconsin Nursing Home Scorecard
- Wisconsin Compliance Benchmark
- Wisconsin Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Wisconsin
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
- Practical SNF Answers
- 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