Federal watch list
Nursing Home Watch List: Special Focus Facilities in the U.S.
These 526 U.S. nursing homes are on the federal watch list — 86 designated Special Focus Facilities and 440 SFF candidates — for a persistent pattern of serious quality problems. Grouped by state below.
What is a Special Focus Facility? Each month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) names a small number of nursing homes with a persistent pattern of serious quality problems as Special Focus Facilities (SFFs), plus a larger set of SFF candidates that are close behind. It is the federal government's own watch list — inclusion here is a documented federal designation, not our opinion.
Alabama 6
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Arizona 6
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Arkansas 6
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California 36
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Colorado 6
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Connecticut 6
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Delaware 6
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Florida 18
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Georgia 12
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Hawaii 6
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Idaho 6
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Illinois 24
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Indiana 17
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Iowa 12
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Kansas 12
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Kentucky 6
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Louisiana 6
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Maine 6
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Maryland 6
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Massachusetts 12
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Michigan 12
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Minnesota 12
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Mississippi 6
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Missouri 18
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Montana 6
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Nebraska 6
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Nevada 6
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New Hampshire 6
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New Jersey 12
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New Mexico 6
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New York 18
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North Carolina 12
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North Dakota 6
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Ohio 30
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Oklahoma 12
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Oregon 6
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Pennsylvania 23
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Rhode Island 6
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South Carolina 6
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South Dakota 6
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Tennessee 12
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Texas 36
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Utah 6
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Vermont 6
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Virginia 6
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Washington 6
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West Virginia 6
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Wisconsin 12
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Wyoming 6
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Based on CMS's Special Focus Facility program and the latest federal data; designations change monthly. This is a compilation of public federal records, not an Open Care Data judgment. Open Care Data is not affiliated with CMS, Medicare, or any government agency. How we use this data.