Provider Data Catalog

State US Averages

A list of a variety of averages for each state or territory as well as the national average, including each quality measure, staffing, fine amount and number of deficiencies.

Freshness

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Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog. CMS last changed the data itself on Sep 30, 2026.

Columns 51

The Provider Data Catalog lists only column headers in machine-readable form. Full definitions are in the data dictionary.

ColumnWhat it meansType
State or Nationstate_or_nationtext
Overall Ratingoverall_ratingtext
Health Inspection Ratinghealth_inspection_ratingtext
QM Ratingqm_ratingtext
Staffing Ratingstaffing_ratingtext
Cycle 1 Total Number of Health Deficienciescycle_1_total_number_of_health_deficienciestext
Cycle 1 Total Number of Fire Safety Deficienciescycle_1_total_number_of_fire_safety_deficienciestext
Cycle 2 Total Number of Health Deficienciescycle_2_total_number_of_health_deficienciestext
Cycle 2 Total Number of Fire Safety Deficienciescycle_2_total_number_of_fire_safety_deficienciestext
Cycle 3 Total Number of Health Deficienciescycle_3_total_number_of_health_deficienciestext
Cycle 3 Total Number of Fire Safety Deficienciescycle_3_total_number_of_fire_safety_deficienciestext
Average Number of Residents per Dayaverage_number_of_residents_per_daytext
Reported Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Dayreported_nurse_aide_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Reported LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Dayreported_lpn_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Reported RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Dayreported_rn_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Reported Licensed Staffing Hours per Resident per Dayreported_licensed_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Dayreported_total_nurse_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Total number of nurse staff hours per resident per day on the weekendtotal_number_of_nurse_staff_hours_per_resident_per_day_on_t_4a14text
Registered Nurse hours per resident per day on the weekendregistered_nurse_hours_per_resident_per_day_on_the_weekendtext
Reported Physical Therapist Staffing Hours per Resident Per Dayreported_physical_therapist_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Total nursing staff turnovertotal_nursing_staff_turnovertext
Registered Nurse turnoverregistered_nurse_turnovertext
Number of administrators who have left the nursing homenumber_of_administrators_who_have_left_the_nursing_hometext
Nursing Case-Mix Indexnursing_casemix_indextext
Case-Mix RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Daycasemix_rn_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Case-Mix Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Daycasemix_total_nurse_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Case-Mix Weekend Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Daycasemix_weekend_total_nurse_staffing_hours_per_resident_per_daytext
Number of Finesnumber_of_finestext
Fine Amount in Dollarsfine_amount_in_dollarstext
Percentage of long stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increasedpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_whose_need_for_help_with__628ctext
Percentage of long stay residents who lose too much weightpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_who_lose_too_much_weighttext
Percentage of long stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladderpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_with_a_catheter_inserted__de40text
Percentage of long stay residents with a urinary tract infectionpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_with_a_urinary_tract_infectiontext
Percentage of long stay residents who have depressive symptomspercentage_of_long_stay_residents_who_have_depressive_symptomstext
Percentage of long stay residents who were physically restrainedpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_who_were_physically_restrainedtext
Percentage of long stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injurypercentage_of_long_stay_residents_experiencing_one_or_more__1b06text
Percentage of long stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccinepercentage_of_long_stay_residents_assessed_and_appropriatel_d16ftext
Percentage of long stay residents who received an antipsychotic medicationpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_who_received_an_antipsych_9factext
Percentage of short stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccinepercentage_of_short_stay_residents_assessed_and_appropriate_7ebdtext
Percentage of short stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medicationpercentage_of_short_stay_residents_who_newly_received_an_an_a60atext
Percentage of long stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsenedpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_whose_ability_to_walk_ind_6fe3text
Percentage of long stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medicationpercentage_of_long_stay_residents_who_received_an_antianxie_aa41text
Percentage of long stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccinepercentage_of_long_stay_residents_assessed_and_appropriatel_9f18text
Percentage of short stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccinepercentage_of_short_stay_residents_who_were_assessed_and_ap_c838text
Percentage of long stay residents with pressure ulcerspercentage_of_long_stay_residents_with_pressure_ulcerstext
Percentage of long stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinencepercentage_of_long_stay_residents_with_new_or_worsened_bowe_48a0text
Percentage of short stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admissionpercentage_of_short_stay_residents_who_were_rehospitalized__1d02text
Percentage of short stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visitpercentage_of_short_stay_residents_who_had_an_outpatient_em_d911text
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident daysnumber_of_hospitalizations_per_1000_longstay_resident_daystext
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident daysnumber_of_outpatient_emergency_department_visits_per_1000_l_de9dtext
Processing Dateprocessing_datetext

At a glance

Catalog
Provider Data Catalog
Publisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Rows
54
Columns
51
State column
state_or_nation
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/xcdc-v8bm/0?limit=10

To keep only one state, filter on the state_or_nation column.

CMS's description

A list of a variety of averages for each state or territory as well as the national average, including each quality measure, staffing, fine amount and number of deficiencies. Each row displays a specific state or territory, the associated measure and average.

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id pdc:xcdc-v8bm. This record as JSON.

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