Check a nursing home’s inspections before you choose
Nursing home inspections, penalties and staffing from CMS, plus how to check assisted living with your state. Each nursing home page lists every health and fire safety citation CMS has published for its last three inspection cycles, along with fines, payment denials, star ratings, staffing and owners. Everything is dated and links to the official record.
States
Louisiana
265 certified nursing homes · 127 with an actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citation · state average overall rating 2.6
Assisted living in Louisiana · 164 licensed facilities
Texas
1,177 certified nursing homes · 825 with an actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citation · state average overall rating 2.7
Assisted living in Texas · 2,010 licensed facilities
Florida
694 certified nursing homes · 266 with an actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citation · state average overall rating 3.3
Assisted living in Florida · how to check with the state
Georgia
356 certified nursing homes · 139 with an actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citation · state average overall rating 2.7
Assisted living in Georgia · how to check with the state
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How to read an inspection report
What the A–L severity letters, F-tags, complaint citations and “past non-compliance” mean, and how CMS turns them into stars.
Nursing home vs assisted living
Who regulates each, who inspects, where the reports are, and what Medicare covers.
How we check
Official sources only: CMS Provider Data Catalog and state licensing agencies. No reviews and no estimates.
Nursing home data: CMS Provider Data Catalog files processed September 1, 2026, last checked October 25, 2026. Medicare Care Compare