# Nursing Home Quality Lookup — CMS Star Ratings (`m_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup`) Actor Search U.S. nursing homes by name or state and get their official CMS 5-star rating (overall, health inspection, staffing, quality measures), ownership, staffing hours, and fines. For families researching care for a loved one. - **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community) - **Categories:** Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. - **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use). - **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`. - **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`. - **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`. - **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Nursing Home Quality Lookup — CMS Star Ratings Search U.S. nursing homes by name or state and get their official CMS 5-star ratings — overall, health inspection, staffing, and quality measures — plus ownership type, staffing hours, and any fines or penalties on record. Built for families researching care for a loved one, elder law attorneys, and anyone doing due diligence on a facility before move-in. ### Input ```json { "name": "", "state": "CA", "minRating": 4, "maxResults": 25 } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `name` | string (optional) | Full or partial facility name to search for. | | `state` | string (optional) | Two-letter US state code to limit to facilities located there. | | `minRating` | number (optional) | Only return facilities with at least this CMS overall rating (1-5 stars). | | `maxResults` | number | Max facilities to return. Default `25`, max `100`. | ### Output One record per facility: ```json { "facilityId": "015009", "name": "BURNS NURSING HOME, INC.", "address": "701 MONROE STREET NW", "city": "RUSSELLVILLE", "state": "AL", "zipCode": "35653", "county": "Franklin", "phone": "2563324110", "ownershipType": "For profit - Corporation", "numberOfCertifiedBeds": 57, "averageResidentsPerDay": 51.6, "overallRating": 2, "healthInspectionRating": 2, "staffingRating": 4, "qualityMeasureRating": 4, "abuseIcon": false, "totalNurseStaffingHoursPerResidentPerDay": 4.05544, "numberOfFines": 0, "totalFinesAmountUsd": 0, "numberOfPenalties": 0, "latitude": 34.5149, "longitude": -87.736 } ``` `abuseIcon: true` flags a facility CMS has cited for abuse, neglect, or exploitation — check `overallRating` and `healthInspectionRating` alongside it, not in isolation. A search with no matches returns no items but is still billed once for the search. ### How it works Direct calls to the official [CMS Provider Data API](https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/) (`data.cms.gov`), querying the Nursing Home Provider Information dataset — no proxy, no key, no scraping. Public U.S. government data, refreshed monthly by CMS. ### Pricing note Billed per **search**, not per facility returned — one charge whether the search returns 0 facilities or 100. ### Related products - [Hospital Quality Lookup](https://github.com/timmKal01/hospital-quality-lookup) — the acute-care hospital equivalent, same CMS rating system # Actor input Schema ## `name` (type: `string`): Full or partial nursing home name to search for. Leave blank to browse by state instead. ## `state` (type: `string`): Two-letter US state code to limit to facilities located there, e.g. "CA". ## `minRating` (type: `integer`): Only return facilities with at least this CMS overall rating (1-5 stars). Leave blank for all rated facilities. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of facilities to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "maxResults": 25 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("m_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("m_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call m_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m_ctim/nursing-home-quality-lookup" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TD5KsA3SAVNI5ZALv/builds/yaZdiCxhSdqq95Bsa/openapi.json