Texas Nursing Home Ratings & Inspection Results — 2026
Texas has 1,178 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. Across the most recent inspection cycle, facilities average 26.3 deficiency citations each, and 4 facilities recorded zero deficiencies. 30,983 total deficiency citations are on record, including 2,364 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Every rating below is powered by official CMS Health Deficiency data.
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 Compliance Benchmark
- Texas State Compliance Guide
- Texas Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Texas
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
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- 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