What's free, and what costs money

The underlying data is published free by CMS. What you pay for is having the complete record on the homes you are choosing between, pulled together, in plain English, and kept current. We take no money from facilities, ever.

Every facility page

Free

A plain-English summary for about 15,000 nursing homes, nearly every one in the country: CMS star ratings explained, whether serious findings exist and the most recent one, headline payroll staffing with the weekend gap, the penalty count and total, and ownership type and chain, the facts worth asking each home about.

  • Refreshed nightly from CMS data
  • Every claim dated and sourced
  • No account needed
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Continuous monitoring

$79/year per facility

or $9/month (the year saves 27%)

One subscription continuously watches one facility. We check the official record every night and email you when something serious changes.

  • New serious citations: actual-harm and immediate-jeopardy findings
  • New penalties, Special Focus listings, abuse-icon flags, rating changes
  • Staffing drops from quarterly payroll data
  • Cancel any time, no calls, no accounts
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Free page vs. the Full Report

Every facility page is genuinely useful for free. Here's exactly what the Full Report adds, and you can see a full sample report before you buy.

What you getFree pageFull Report
CMS star ratings and a one-line plain-English summary●●
Whether serious findings exist, and the most recent one●●
Headline staffing: nursing hours vs. state median, weekend gap●●
Penalty count and total fines●●
Ownership type and chain name●●
Every citation on file, multi-year, with date, severity, and what happened next○●
The full staffing picture: RN hours, agency reliance, zero-RN days, turnover○●
Every penalty and payment denial, with dates and amounts○●
Who owns the home, and how the owner's other facilities are rated○●
All of it for up to 5 homes, side by side○●
60 days of monitoring, so you hear if anything changes○●
One plain-English document to print, share with family, or bring to the tour○●
Plus: the questions each home's record raises, and a printable scorecard○●
Plus: the documents to request, and how to get help in your state○●

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