Search official CMS records for nursing homes and home health agencies
Star ratings, inspections, penalties, patient-outcome measures, and ownership — organized from public CMS data. Free, no sign-up. Not affiliated with CMS.
Two CMS datasets, one product
Pick a provider type to search — each shows exactly what CMS publishes, and says so when CMS publishes nothing.
Skilled nursing facilities
- Overall, staffing & health-inspection stars
- Federal penalties and payment denials
- Citations, the CMS abuse icon & ownership
Medicare-certified home health
- Quality-of-patient-care star rating
- Outcome, safety & timeliness measures
- Services offered and type of ownership
National CMS intelligence
- Nursing homes
- 14,700
- States
- 50
- Counties
- 2,850
- Ownership groups
- 1,288
- Rated 1-star
- 2,882
- lowest CMS rating
CMS overall rating distribution
How every CMS-certified nursing home in this dataset spreads across the five-star overall rating.
View as a table
| Rating | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CMS overall rating 5 | 3,039 | 20.7% |
| CMS overall rating 4 | 2,793 | 19.0% |
| CMS overall rating 3 | 2,843 | 19.3% |
| CMS overall rating 2 | 3,011 | 20.5% |
| CMS overall rating 1 | 2,882 | 19.6% |
| Not rated | 132 | 0.9% |
| Total | 14,700 | 100.0% |
CMS overall star rating as published in Provider Information, across every certified nursing home in this dataset. Facilities CMS does not rate are counted separately and never treated as zero; no rating is assigned by this site.
CMS-reported data
Where nursing homes are concentrated
The states holding the largest share of providers in this dataset.
CMS-reported data · updated 2026-08-21
Put nursing homes side by side
Add two to four nursing homes and see their CMS star ratings, staffing, federal penalties, beds, and ownership on one screen — exact CMS values, no ranking or recommendation.
Start comparing →Look up who owns a nursing home
Facilities grouped by CMS-reported ownership fields — see a company’s footprint, states, and CMS records across the whole group.
Latest research
All research →Original analysis of the CMS data as a whole — what the federal record actually says about the nation’s providers. Analysis, not rankings.
- National data reportOriginal dataHow CMS Rates the Nation's Nursing HomesThe national distribution of CMS overall stars, how far it diverges from the inspection domain that drives it, and how often the abuse icon appears.
- National data reportOriginal dataCMS Home Health Star Ratings, NationallyHow CMS quality-of-patient-care stars are distributed across Medicare-certified home health agencies — and how many agencies CMS cannot rate at all.
- National data reportOriginal dataWho Owns America's Nursing HomesHow many operators run the nation's nursing homes, how concentrated the sector is, and what share of facilities belong to large chains.
- National data reportOriginal dataFederal Penalties in the CMS Nursing-Home RecordHow common federal enforcement actually is: the share of nursing homes with fines, payment denials, high-severity citations, and the CMS abuse icon.
Understand the data
All guides →Short, neutral explainers so the CMS records on this site are easy to read and verify.
- How to read CMS ratingsWhat the five-star overall and component ratings mean.
- How to compare nursing homesReading two facilities side by side on the same CMS fields.
- What CMS federal penalties areFines, payment denials, and what each record shows.
- What is long-term care?How nursing homes, home health, and other care differ.
Explore by state
Provider hubs →CMS-certified nursing homes and Medicare-certified home health agencies by state. Switch providers and select a state to open its directory.
Hover, tap, or tab to a state — or use the menu above — to see its nursing homes count and open its directory.
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SeniorCareRating.com is a free, independent utility that organizes official CMS data — it adds no rating or opinion, is not affiliated with CMS or Medicare.gov, and is not medical, legal, or placement advice. Every figure is CMS-sourced with a visible date.
Frequently asked
- Where does this data come from?
- Nursing-home ratings, deficiencies, penalties, staffing signals, and ownership records come from the official CMS Provider Data Catalog (Care Compare). Home health agency ratings, patient-outcome measures, services, and ownership come from the CMS Home Health Care Agencies dataset. SeniorCareRating.com is an independent reference utility and is not affiliated with CMS.
- Does SeniorCareRating rate or rank facilities?
- No. We report CMS-reported facts — the CMS star ratings, inspection records, penalties, care measures, and ownership fields — without adding our own rating, score, ranking, or opinion. The CMS star ratings are shown exactly as CMS publishes them.
- Is this medical or legal advice?
- No. This site is a public-data reference only. Always verify current information with CMS, state regulators, the facility, and qualified professionals before making care decisions.
- Does this site show ads?
- Yes. The site displays Google AdSense advertising to stay free. Ads are kept separate from CMS data, are never a paid placement within facility or agency listings, and never change how provider data is shown. An advertisement is not an endorsement. See our advertising & sponsorship policy for details.