Health Deficiencies
Nursing home health citations from the last three years, one citation per row, with inspection date, tag, scope and severity, status and correction date.
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Update frequency
- Next update
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog. CMS last changed the data itself on Sep 30, 2026.
Columns 24
The Provider Data Catalog lists only column headers in machine-readable form. Full definitions are in the data dictionary.
| Column | What it means | Type |
|---|---|---|
CMS Certification Number (CCN)cms_certification_number_ccn | text | |
Provider Nameprovider_name | text | |
Provider Addressprovider_address | text | |
City/Towncitytown | text | |
Statestate | text | |
ZIP Codezip_code | text | |
Survey Datesurvey_date | text | |
Survey Footnotesurvey_footnote | text | |
Survey Typesurvey_type | text | |
Deficiency Prefixdeficiency_prefix | text | |
Deficiency Categorydeficiency_category | text | |
Deficiency Tag Numberdeficiency_tag_number | text | |
Deficiency Descriptiondeficiency_description | text | |
Scope Severity Codescope_severity_code | text | |
Deficiency Correcteddeficiency_corrected | text | |
Correction Datecorrection_date | text | |
Inspection Cycleinspection_cycle | text | |
Standard Deficiencystandard_deficiency | text | |
Complaint Deficiencycomplaint_deficiency | text | |
Infection Control Inspection Deficiencyinfection_control_inspection_deficiency | text | |
Citation under IDRcitation_under_idr | text | |
Citation under IIDRcitation_under_iidr | text | |
Locationlocation | text | |
Processing Dateprocessing_date | text |
No column matches that filter.
At a glance
- Catalog
- Provider Data Catalog
- Publisher
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Rows
- 418,947
- Columns
- 24
- State column
state- Topics
- Nursing homes
- Contact
- BetterCare@cms.hhs.gov
API
Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:
https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/r5ix-sfxw/0?limit=10
To keep only one state, filter on the state column.
CMS's description
A list of nursing home health citations in the last three years, including the nursing home that received the citation, the associated inspection date, citation tag number and description, scope and severity, the current status of the citation and the correction date. Data are presented as one citation per row.
The summary at the top was written by hand from this description. Record id pdc:r5ix-sfxw. This record as JSON.