Nursing Home Scorecard — Ratings & Inspection Results

The POCDesk SNF Scorecard lets you search nursing home ratings, inspection results, and CMS survey deficiency data for more than 14,000 skilled nursing facilities nationwide. Every scorecard is powered by official CMS Health Deficiency data — review total deficiency counts, severity breakdowns, high-risk (actual-harm and Immediate Jeopardy) citations, repeat citations, and correction performance for any facility.

How to Read a Facility Scorecard

Each scorecard summarizes a facility's compliance record. The total deficiencies figure is the number of F-tags cited across the facility's survey history; more surveyed care areas naturally produce more findings, so read the count alongside severity. The high-risk count isolates citations at actual-harm (G–I) or Immediate Jeopardy (J–L) levels — these carry the most weight because CMS has determined a resident was, or was likely to be, seriously harmed. The repeat citations figure flags the same F-Tag cited more than once, a strong signal that a previous Plan of Correction did not hold and a systemic problem was never truly fixed.

How CMS Inspections Generate This Data

All scorecard data comes from official CMS surveys conducted by state survey agencies. During an unannounced inspection, surveyors evaluate compliance with the federal Requirements of Participation using the Long-Term Care Survey Process. When a requirement is not met, the finding is documented as a deficiency on Form CMS-2567, tied to a specific F-tag and assigned a scope-and-severity level from A to L. The facility must then submit a Plan of Correction within 10 calendar days. These finalized surveys flow into the CMS national database and refresh monthly, which is why scorecard data reflects surveys from the recent past rather than the current day.

National Context: How Many Deficiencies Is "Normal"?

A facility with zero deficiencies is uncommon; the average certified nursing home is cited for several deficiencies per standard survey. What matters is not simply the raw number but the severity, whether citations are repeating, and the trend over multiple survey cycles. A home whose deficiencies are declining is very different from one whose counts and severity are climbing, even if both show the same total today.

How Families and Administrators Should Use the Scorecard

Families choosing a facility should look beyond the total count to the severity of citations, any Immediate Jeopardy history, and how recent the problems are, then pair the data with an in-person tour. Administrators can use the scorecard to benchmark against peers, confirm that prior corrections held, and identify recurring risk areas — such as infection control (F880) or falls (F689) — before their next survey window opens.

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Official Sources

POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources: