Read a nursing home's federal record before you choose it
Every certified nursing home in the country, with each inspection citation, fine, staffing figure and owner from the CMS files, written out in plain words and dated.
14,690 homes · 418,947 health citations · $454,984,026 in fines, 3 years · CMS data as of September 1, 2026
Nursing homes by state
- Alabama 224
- Alaska 20
- Arizona 140
- Arkansas 221
- California 1165
- Colorado 210
- Connecticut 191
- Delaware 44
- District of Columbia 17
- Florida 694
- Georgia 356
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 43
- Idaho 80
- Illinois 666
- Indiana 507
- Iowa 387
- Kansas 296
- Kentucky 267
- Louisiana 265
- Maine 78
- Maryland 221
- Massachusetts 341
- Michigan 422
- Minnesota 338
- Mississippi 202
- Missouri 487
- Montana 61
- Nebraska 180
- Nevada 66
- New Hampshire 73
- New Jersey 348
- New Mexico 68
- New York 593
- North Carolina 419
- North Dakota 72
- Ohio 922
- Oklahoma 283
- Oregon 128
- Pennsylvania 656
- Puerto Rico 9
- Rhode Island 72
- South Carolina 187
- South Dakota 96
- Tennessee 303
- Texas 1177
- Utah 97
- Vermont 33
- Virginia 289
- Washington 193
- West Virginia 123
- Wisconsin 323
- Wyoming 36
What each home's page shows
- The four CMS star ratings, and what each one measures.
- Every health and fire safety citation from the inspections on file, with how serious inspectors rated it, whether it was found on a complaint visit, and when it was corrected.
- Fines and payment denials, by date and amount.
- Staffing hours per resident against the state and national averages, and staff turnover.
- The owners and operators CMS lists, and the group the home belongs to.
- Questions to ask on a visit, chosen from that home's own citations.
Nothing here is a paid placement. How the data is built and checked.