About Nursing Home News

Our Mission

Nursing Home News is dedicated to providing transparent, accessible, and comprehensive information about nursing home quality and safety across the United States. We believe families deserve easy access to inspection data, violation reports, and quality metrics when making critical decisions about long-term care.

What We Do

We aggregate and analyze data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide:

• Detailed inspection reports for over 18,000 Medicare-certified nursing homes
• Health and safety violation tracking
• Financial penalty information
• Quality measure comparisons
• Special Focus Facility identification
• COVID-19 impact data

Our Data Sources

All data presented on Nursing Home News comes directly from official government sources, primarily the CMS Provider Data Catalog. This includes:

• Nursing Home Compare datasets
• Health inspection results
• Staffing data
• Quality measures
• Penalty and enforcement actions

Coming Soon: Daily News Coverage

We're developing an automated news generation system that will publish 24 articles daily, covering:

• Recent inspection findings
• Significant violations and penalties
• Quality improvements and deteriorations
• Ownership and management changes
• Industry trends and analysis

Our Commitment

We are committed to:

• Accuracy: All data is sourced directly from official government databases
• Transparency: We clearly identify our data sources and update frequencies
• Accessibility: Information is presented in clear, easy-to-understand formats
• Timeliness: Data is updated regularly as new information becomes available
• Independence: We maintain editorial independence and accept no payments from facilities

Contact Us

For questions, corrections, or media inquiries, please visit our contact page.