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Nursing Home Chain Performance Measures

The Nursing Home Chain Performance Measures dataset provides select quality and performance measures from Care Compare for groups of nursing homes that share common individual or organizational owners, officers, or...

Freshness

Last posted
Period covered
Sep 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026
Update frequency
Monthly

Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.

Columns 51

ColumnWhat it meansType
ChainChainName of the chain identified by CMS. A chain is a group of nursing homes identified by shared ownership or operatorship.string
Chain IDChain IDstring
Number of facilitiesNumber of facilitiesnumber
Number of states and territories with operationsNumber of states and territories with operationsnumber
Number of Special Focus Facilities (SFF)Number of Special Focus Facilities (SFF)number
Number of SFF candidatesNumber of SFF candidatesnumber
Number of facilities with an abuse iconNumber of facilities with an abuse iconnumber
Percentage of facilities with an abuse iconPercentage of facilities with an abuse iconnumber
Percent of facilities classified as for-profitPercent of facilities classified as for-profitnumber
Percent of facilities classified as non-profitPercent of facilities classified as non-profitnumber
Percent of facilities classified as government-ownedPercent of facilities classified as government-ownednumber
Average overall 5-star ratingAverage overall 5-star ratingnumber
Average health inspection ratingAverage health inspection ratingnumber
Average staffing ratingAverage staffing ratingnumber
Average quality ratingAverage quality ratingnumber
Average total nurse hours per resident dayAverage total nurse hours per resident daynumber
Average total weekend nurse hours per resident dayAverage total weekend nurse hours per resident daynumber
Average total Registered Nurse hours per resident dayAverage total Registered Nurse hours per resident daynumber
Average total nursing staff turnover percentageAverage total nursing staff turnover percentagenumber
Average Registered Nurse turnover percentageAverage Registered Nurse turnover percentagenumber
Average number of administrators who have left the nursing homeAverage number of administrators who have left the nursing homenumber
Total number of finesTotal number of finesnumber
Average number of finesAverage number of finesnumber
Total amount of fines in dollarsTotal amount of fines in dollarsnumber
Average amount of fines in dollarsAverage amount of fines in dollarsnumber
Total number of payment denialsTotal number of payment denialsnumber
Average number of payment denialsAverage number of payment denialsnumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admissionAverage percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admissionnumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who have had an outpatient emergency department visitAverage percentage of short-stay residents who have had an outpatient emergency department visitnumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medicationAverage percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medicationnumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsenedAverage percentage of short-stay residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsenednumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at dischargeAverage percentage of short-stay residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at dischargenumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccineAverage percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccinenumber
Average percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccineAverage percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccinenumber
Average number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident daysAverage number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident daysnumber
Average number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident daysAverage number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident daysnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medicationAverage percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medicationnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injuryAverage percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injurynumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcersAverage percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcersnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infectionAverage percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infectionnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who have or had a catheter inserted and left in their bladderAverage percentage of long-stay residents who have or had a catheter inserted and left in their bladdernumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsenedAverage percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsenednumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with activities of daily living has increasedAverage percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with activities of daily living has increasednumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccineAverage percentage of long-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccinenumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccineAverage percentage of long-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccinenumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrainedAverage percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrainednumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinenceAverage percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinencenumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weightAverage percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weightnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who have symptoms of depressionAverage percentage of long-stay residents who have symptoms of depressionnumber
Average percentage of long-stay residents who used antianxiety or hypnotic medicationAverage percentage of long-stay residents who used antianxiety or hypnotic medicationnumber
Average rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNFAverage rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNFnumber

At a glance

Catalog
data.cms.gov
Publisher
Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
Rows
612
Columns
51
State column
None found
Topics
Nursing homes, Quality and ratings, Hospitals
Contact
NH_Chain_Inquiries@cms.hhs.gov

API

Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:

https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/97ecfad1-d3f1-4d42-b774-d74661d830bc/data?size=10

Versions 34

The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.

  • 2026-09-01posted Oct 14, 2026
  • 2026-08-01posted Sep 9, 2026
  • 2026-07-01posted Aug 12, 2026
  • 2026-06-01posted Jul 15, 2026
  • 2026-05-01posted Jun 10, 2026
  • 2026-04-01posted May 15, 2026
  • 2026-03-01posted Apr 8, 2026
  • 2026-02-01posted Mar 11, 2026
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  • 2026-01-01posted Feb 18, 2026
  • 2025-11-01posted Dec 17, 2025
  • 2025-07-01posted Aug 13, 2025
  • 2025-06-01posted Jul 9, 2025
  • 2025-05-01posted Jun 11, 2025
  • 2025-04-01posted May 14, 2025
  • 2025-03-01posted Apr 2, 2025
  • 2025-02-01posted Apr 2, 2025
  • 2025-01-01posted Apr 2, 2025
  • 2024-11-01posted Dec 11, 2024
  • 2024-10-01posted Nov 13, 2024
  • 2024-09-01posted Oct 9, 2024
  • 2024-08-01posted Sep 4, 2024
  • 2024-07-01posted Aug 7, 2024
  • 2024-06-01posted Jul 10, 2024
  • 2024-05-30posted Jun 12, 2024
  • 2024-04-25posted May 8, 2024
  • 2024-03-22posted Apr 3, 2024
  • 2024-02-22posted Mar 6, 2024
  • 2024-01-25posted Feb 7, 2024
  • 2023-11-30posted Dec 13, 2023
  • 2023-10-18posted Nov 17, 2023
  • 2023-09-21posted Oct 4, 2023
  • 2023-08-29posted Sep 21, 2023
  • 2023-07-21posted Jul 26, 2023
  • 2023-06-01posted Jun 28, 2023

CMS's description

The Nursing Home Chain Performance Measures dataset provides select quality and performance measures from Care Compare for groups of nursing homes that share common individual or organizational owners, officers, or entities with operational/managerial control. The data include measures such as average health and staffing star ratings, staffing measures, average quality star ratings, select enforcement remedies, claims-based and Minimum Data Set (MDS) measures, and average Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) metrics.

Methodology and other documents from CMS:

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id cms:97ecfad1-d3f1-4d42-b774-d74661d830bc. This record as JSON.

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