What inspectors cite in home health agencies
Every federal deficiency on record for 4,626 home health agencies, with the inspector's own written findings.
Home health agencies with at least one federal deficiency on record
Excludes the surveyor’s preamble, which is not a finding
Federal surveys carrying at least one deficiency
Lists home health agencies with at least one federal deficiency. One with nothing cited does not appear.
By state
Where the findings are
Inventories, not rankings: counts are not comparable between states.
| State | Agencies | Deficiencies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 558 | 1,415 |
| California | 477 | 4,482 |
| Illinois | 328 | 2,493 |
| Indiana | 273 | 5,083 |
| Pennsylvania | 231 | 1,308 |
| Florida | 223 | 854 |
| Ohio | 218 | 828 |
| Oklahoma | 205 | 2,110 |
| Michigan | 200 | 3,616 |
| Louisiana | 124 | 680 |
| Iowa | 112 | 1,216 |
| North Carolina | 110 | 759 |
| Missouri | 107 | 1,827 |
| Minnesota | 103 | 887 |
| Colorado | 93 | 410 |
| New York | 89 | 1,255 |
| Virginia | 88 | 424 |
| Arkansas | 80 | 303 |
| Georgia | 72 | 317 |
| Massachusetts | 72 | 418 |
| Tennessee | 72 | 239 |
| New Mexico | 57 | 361 |
| Nevada | 57 | 519 |
| Alabama | 53 | 408 |
| Kansas | 48 | 345 |
| Connecticut | 44 | 294 |
| Nebraska | 44 | 231 |
| Washington | 41 | 252 |
| South Carolina | 37 | 171 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | 140 |
| Arizona | 32 | 163 |
| Mississippi | 29 | 30 |
| Oregon | 28 | 74 |
| Utah | 28 | 166 |
| Maryland | 27 | 150 |
| New Jersey | 27 | 173 |
| West Virginia | 24 | 73 |
| Wyoming | 23 | 91 |
| Montana | 20 | 210 |
| Idaho | 16 | 131 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 75 |
| South Dakota | 14 | 32 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 161 |
| Alaska | 12 | 49 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | 132 |
| Maine | 12 | 42 |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | 169 |
| North Dakota | 9 | 15 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 13 |
| Delaware | 7 | 55 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 14 |
| Guam | 2 | 6 |
| Vermont | 2 | 4 |
Home health findings published by CMS on QCOR, covering surveys from January 4, 2021 to July 24, 2026. The inspectors’ written findings come from 7,049 individual survey reports.
Federal survey findings only. State licensure findings for home health agencies are not shown.
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