realrating.care helps families, discharge planners, and advocates research Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities across the United States. We organize public Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data — star ratings, health and fire-safety inspections, nurse staffing files, resident quality measures, and operator records — so you can compare nursing homes beyond a single overall star score.
Every facility profile on realrating.care links to the underlying official Medicare nursing home record. We also publish transparent calculated fields: a composite risk rank, eight independent quality checks, watch lists for specific warning patterns, and operator pages that show how quality varies across a chain's homes. Every score traces back to the same CMS files Medicare publishes for each certified nursing home.
What we offer
- Official Medicare records
CMS star ratings, health and fire-safety inspections, nurse staffing files, and resident quality measures — linked to each government profile.
- Independent quality checks
Composite risk rank, eight quality checks, and watch lists that highlight patterns a single star score can miss.
- Free research tools
Search by name or ZIP, compare two homes side by side, browse by state or operator — no account required.
- Transparent scoring
Every calculated field is documented in plain language and rebuilt from public Medicare files each quarter.
realrating.care is free to use. Search by city, ZIP code, or facility name; browse by state or operator; compare two homes side by side; or open watch lists when you want to see homes flagged for clinical decline, repeat citations, or staffing record problems.
What we publish: CMS Five-Star ratings (overall, health inspection, staffing, and quality measures); national and regional percentile ranks; health and fire-safety deficiency citations; Medicare cost report figures where available; chain and management context; and plain-language methodology for every calculated score. Figures refresh on a quarterly cadence after Medicare releases updated provider profiles, deficiencies, quality measures, staffing data, and cost reports.
Cost reports & emergencies: Cost report figures describe Medicare business filings, not private room rates. For resident safety or emergencies, see our help & hotlines page.
Questions about our methodology, suspected data errors, or press inquiries? Email [email protected]. Include the facility name, the realrating.care page URL, and a link to the official Medicare profile if you are reporting a mismatch. We verify against CMS exports and republish on the next data refresh.
Learn how scores are built on our how we score page, read our editorial policy, or start browsing nursing homes by state.