Following are enforcement actions and related information about nursing home quality assurance for nursing homes across the U.S. Citations and penalties are derived from government data which we have formatted to make as accessible and useful as possible to the general public. For New York specific information, please visit our NYS Enforcement Actions Page.
LTCCC Alert: New Year, New Data
The Long Term Care Community Coalition is pleased to announce the publication of four new interactive and user-friendly nursing home datasets: Provider Info, Citations, Penalties, & Staffing. These data, available in our NursingHome411 Data Center, [...]
Resources for Surveyors
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides a range of resources for nursing home surveyors (inspectors) to assist in the evaluation of whether a nursing home's care and services comport with [...]
F-tags
F-tags (“F” for “federal”) constitute the system through which federal nursing home regulations are identified in the survey process. Generally, each regulatory provision is assigned a corresponding F-tag number and surveyors use these numbers to [...]
Double G Citations 2023
What is a Double G Citation? This refers to a CMS policy intended to identify and address facilities with a pattern of high-level noncompliance. Double G citations occur when a facility with a previous citation at [...]
Federal Contacts for Nursing Home Complaints
State survey agencies (usually the state department of health) have primary responsibility to ensure the safety and dignity of nursing home residents 24 hours a day, every day of the year. However, too often, the [...]
LTCCC Alert: New Data Report Finds One in Six U.S. Nursing Homes is a “Problem Facility”
September 30, 2021 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) regularly publishes data on key indicators relevant to nursing home care. Today, LTCCC is releasing a new report containing federal data on five-star [...]