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CMS Nursing Home Overall Ratings by State (United States)
Average CMS Care Compare overall star rating (1–5) for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, aggregated by US state, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Lets you compare nursing-home quality and facility counts across states.
53 states / territories · U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) · U.S. Government Works / Public Domain
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Methodology
Facility-level CMS Care Compare overall star ratings are averaged within each US state to produce the state mean overall rating, and facilities are counted per state. Inputs are the published CMS provider-information file; no facilities are excluded or weighted.
Sample rows
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| state | facilities | avgOverallRating |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,165 | 2.71 |
| California | 1,153 | 3.17 |
| Ohio | 911 | 3.22 |
| Florida | 691 | 3.28 |
| Illinois | 663 | 2.56 |
| Pennsylvania | 653 | 3.01 |
Provenance
- Source:
- CMS Care Compare — Nursing homes including rehab services (Provider Information)
- Publisher:
- U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Coverage:
- United States — Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes
- As of:
- 2026
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Care Compare, 'Nursing homes including rehab services - Provider Information' dataset (4pq5-n9py), file NH_ProviderInfo_Jun2026.csv, downloaded 27 June 2026 from https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py (CMS metastore 'modified' date 2026-06-01). US federal government work - public domain. Re-published by GeraClinic at https://geraclinic.com/data/us-nursing-home-ratings.