Mississippi Nursing Home Ratings & Inspection Results — 2026
Mississippi has 202 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. For the 201 facilities with linked history (201 of 202), there are 3,476 cited deficiencies, averaging 17.3 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 194 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Figures are descriptive summaries of CMS Health Deficiencies records loaded by POCDesk, not official CMS ratings.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Mississippi
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 811 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 794 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 657 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 262 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 253 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 241 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Mississippi
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 373 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 244 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 182 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 176 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 167 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 127 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 111 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 105 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 93 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 92 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 Mississippi Compliance Data
- Mississippi Compliance Benchmark
- Mississippi State Compliance Guide
- Mississippi Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Mississippi
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- 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
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- 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