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.
CMS-reported data · updated 2026-08-03
Where nursing homes are concentrated
The states holding the largest share of providers in this dataset.
CMS-reported data · updated 2026-08-03
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 star ratings, how the overall rating diverges from the health-inspection domain that drives it, and how often the CMS abuse icon appears.
- National data reportOriginal dataCMS Home Health Star Ratings, NationallyHow CMS quality-of-patient-care star ratings are distributed across the nation's Medicare-certified home health agencies — and how many agencies CMS cannot rate at all, and why that matters.
- National data reportOriginal dataWho Owns America's Nursing HomesThe ownership structure of the nation's nursing homes: how many operators there are, how concentrated the sector is, and what share of facilities belong to large multi-state chains versus single-facility operators.
- National data reportOriginal dataFederal Penalties in the CMS Nursing-Home RecordHow common federal enforcement is in the CMS record: the share of nursing homes with federal fines, payment denials, high-severity deficiencies, and the CMS abuse icon — and how to read an enforcement history.
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.
View full state 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.