F730: Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training
F730 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
It sits in CMS's nursing and physician services category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 16.4% of F730 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 57, C 71, D 550, E 530, F 283, H 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F730 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, August 7, 2026, scope and severity EBased on review of personnel records and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to complete annual performance evaluations at least once every 12 months for three of three nurse aide (NA) personnel records (NA Employee E23, NA Employee E24, and NA Employee E25).
Providence Health & Rehab Center, Beaver Falls, PA
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity FBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to conduct performance reviews for 5 of 5 Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA's) (Staff M, N, O, P, & Q) at least every 12 months, as required. This failure placed residents at risk of receiving care from staff whose performance did not meet expectations and required additional training.
North Auburn Care, Auburn, WA
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to complete an annual performance evaluation (a regular check-in where a company looks at how well an employee does their job) for Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) 6 who was facing allegations of abuse from one out of five sampled residents (Resident 8) and complaints from Resident 11's family member (FM 1). The failure to conduct a performance evaluation on an employee facing complaints places the residents at risk for compromised safety, poor service and poor quality of care which can be detrimental to the residents' health.
North Long Beach Post Acute, Long Beach, CA
Most recent F730 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 1 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 | Avir at Johnson City | Johnson City, TX | H | Standard |
Most recent F730 citations
F730 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
| State | Citations |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 149 |
| California | 140 |
| Maryland | 111 |
| Ohio | 108 |
| Kansas | 86 |
| Connecticut | 75 |
| Virginia | 64 |
| Missouri | 63 |
| Oregon | 57 |
| New York | 53 |
| Colorado | 47 |
| Washington | 44 |
| New Jersey | 43 |
| Michigan | 41 |
| Massachusetts | 38 |
| Maine | 32 |
| Oklahoma | 32 |
| Wisconsin | 31 |
| West Virginia | 27 |
| New Mexico | 23 |
| Texas | 21 |
| Louisiana | 20 |
| Delaware | 17 |
| Nevada | 17 |
| Florida | 16 |
| Illinois | 14 |
| Minnesota | 12 |
| Rhode Island | 12 |
| Iowa | 11 |
| Idaho | 10 |
| North Carolina | 10 |
| Nebraska | 10 |
| Kentucky | 9 |
| Vermont | 8 |
| Alabama | 7 |
| South Carolina | 7 |
| Georgia | 6 |
| Tennessee | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 4 |
| Hawaii | 3 |
| Arizona | 2 |
| Indiana | 2 |
| Montana | 2 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| South Dakota | 1 |
By inspection year: 2018 11, 2019 61, 2020 22, 2021 44, 2022 82, 2023 258, 2024 428, 2025 373, 2026 213.
Common questions
- What is F730 in a nursing home inspection?
- F730 is the federal requirement to "observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training". CMS files it under nursing and physician services. A home cited under F730 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F730 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1,492 F730 citations at 1,339 nursing homes, 296 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.1% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F730 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F730 citations (91.4%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. None in the current files is at the immediate jeopardy level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology