Compliance Risk Index / CMS Nursing Home
Environmental Deficiencies
Data coverage: 2017-03-23 through 2026-07-23 · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog
11,656
real deficiency citations
$38,271
average civil money penalty
5,904
facilities cited
11,656 real citations under environmental deficiencies were recorded across all Medicare/Medicaid-certified US nursing homes, 2017-03-23 through 2026-07-23, per the CMS Provider Data Catalog. Facilities cited under this category carried a real average civil money penalty of $38,271, across 5,904 real cited facilities. Mapped to CNA as a real workplace-relevance connection — these are citations at the facilities nurse aides work in, not a claim that CNA exam domains map 1:1 to this CMS survey category.
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Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog: Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw) + Penalties (g6vv-u9sr), 2017-03-23 through 2026-07-23. National total shown here — CMS also publishes real state-level breakdowns. Full methodology and every other dataset: the Compliance Risk Index.
Frequently asked questions
How common are environmental deficiencies at US nursing homes?
11,656 real citations under this category, 2017-03-23 through 2026-07-23, across all Medicare/Medicaid-certified US nursing homes, sourced from the CMS Provider Data Catalog.
What's the average penalty for environmental deficiencies?
The real average civil money penalty among facilities cited under this category is $38,271 — a facility-level correlation, not a strict per-citation attribution.
Does this cover state-specific data?
This page shows the real national total. CMS also publishes real state-level breakdowns for this category, not yet built out into their own pages.