MDS Quality Measures
Nursing home quality measures built from Minimum Data Set (MDS) resident assessments, with a four quarter average and each quarter's score.
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 23
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 | |
Measure Codemeasure_code | text | |
Measure Descriptionmeasure_description | text | |
Resident typeresident_type | text | |
Q1 Measure Scoreq1_measure_score | text | |
Footnote for Q1 Measure Scorefootnote_for_q1_measure_score | text | |
Q2 Measure Scoreq2_measure_score | text | |
Footnote for Q2 Measure Scorefootnote_for_q2_measure_score | text | |
Q3 Measure Scoreq3_measure_score | text | |
Footnote for Q3 Measure Scorefootnote_for_q3_measure_score | text | |
Q4 Measure Scoreq4_measure_score | text | |
Footnote for Q4 Measure Scorefootnote_for_q4_measure_score | text | |
Four Quarter Average Scorefour_quarter_average_score | text | |
Footnote for Four Quarter Average Scorefootnote_for_four_quarter_average_score | text | |
Used in Quality Measure Five Star Ratingused_in_quality_measure_five_star_rating | text | |
Measure Periodmeasure_period | 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
- 249,730
- Columns
- 23
- State column
state- Topics
- Nursing homes, Quality and ratings
- 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/djen-97ju/0?limit=10
To keep only one state, filter on the state column.
CMS's description
Quality measures that are based on the resident assessments that make up the nursing home Minimum Data Set (MDS). Each row contains a specific quality measure for a specific nursing home and includes the 4-quarter score average and scores for each individual quarter.
The summary at the top was written by hand from this description. Record id pdc:djen-97ju. This record as JSON.