About Nursing Home Compare data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developed Nursing Home Compare and the Star rating System to provide consumers with an easy way to search for nursing homes that provide the quality of care they desire. All of the data found on Nursing Home Compare is provided as a service to the public.
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The information on Nursing Home Compare comes from 3 key sources: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) health inspection database, a national database of resident clinical data known as the Minimum Data Set (MDS), and Medicare claims data.