23% Of Nursing Homes Are ‘Problem Facilities’

Of the total 15,136 nursing homes in the United States during 2022, 23.6% (3,578) are “problem facilities.” These facilities include those participating in the Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) program, those deemed SFF program candidates, and those assigned a one-star (lowest) overall rating by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). SFFs and candidates are nursing homes determined by CMS to have a history of serious quality issues and thus eligible to participate in the SFF program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.

Within the group of problem facilities, 88 are SFFs and . . .