North Carolina Nursing Home Inspection Reports & Survey Activity — 2026
Track CMS-derived survey records across the 419 skilled nursing facilities listed in North Carolina. For the 414 facilities with linked history (414 of 419), there are 8,533 cited deficiencies, averaging 20.6 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 524 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The F-Tag and category counts below are limited to the data loaded by POCDesk.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in North Carolina
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,783 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,560 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 1,516 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 953 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 723 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 553 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in North Carolina
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 420 citations
- F-Tag F0867: QAPI/QAA Improvement Activities — 388 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 378 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 362 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 352 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 314 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 222 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 219 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 219 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 207 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 North Carolina Compliance Data
- North Carolina Nursing Home Scorecard
- North Carolina Compliance Benchmark
- North Carolina State Compliance Guide
- Best Nursing Homes in North Carolina
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
- 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