# CMS Nursing Home Care Compare Scraper (`thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper`) Actor

Query official CMS Care Compare nursing home provider information: overall, staffing, health inspection, and quality measure star ratings. Filter by state, city, ownership, and minimum ratings. Public Provider Data Catalog API — no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Theta Tech](https://apify.com/thetatech-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## CMS Nursing Home Care Compare Scraper

Query the **official CMS Provider Data Catalog** Nursing Home Provider Information dataset ([`4pq5-n9py`](https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py)): facility details plus **overall, staffing, health inspection, and quality measure** star ratings.

No login. No ToS-hostile scraping.

### CMS nursing home star ratings API

Official public federal open data via HTTP — no login. Filter, page, and export clean JSON for analytics and agents.

### Use cases

- **Post-acute / SNF networks** — shortlist facilities by state and star ratings
- **PE / diligence** — ownership, bed count, special focus status, chain affiliation
- **Quality reporting** — staffing and inspection stars for dashboards
- **AI agents** — clean JSON Care Compare nursing home records

### Example input

```json
{
  "state": "RI",
  "minOverallRating": 3,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output highlights

`ccn`, `providerName`, `city`, `state`, `ownershipType`, `certifiedBeds`, `overallRating`, `healthInspectionRating`, `qualityMeasureRating`, `staffingRating`, `specialFocusStatus`, `source`.

### Pricing

**Free** on the Apify Store. You only pay Apify platform usage for your runs.

### Legal

Uses the public CMS Provider Data Catalog API. Review CMS data terms for your use case. Theta Tech LLC (`thetatech-data`).

### Related

- [CMS Open Payments Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-open-payments-scraper)
- [CMS Hospital Quality / Care Compare Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-hospital-quality-scraper)
- [CMS Medicare Physician Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-medicare-physician-scraper)
- [CMS Nursing Home Care Compare Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper)
- [Medicaid NADAC Drug Pricing Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state abbreviation, e.g. RI.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City/town as stored by CMS (often uppercase).

## `providerNameContains` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring on provider name (client-side).

## `ownershipType` (type: `string`):

Substring match on ownership_type, e.g. For profit.

## `minOverallRating` (type: `integer`):

Keep facilities with overall_rating >= this value (1–5).

## `minStaffingRating` (type: `integer`):

Keep facilities with staffing_rating >= this value.

## `minHealthInspectionRating` (type: `integer`):

Keep facilities with health_inspection_rating >= this value.

## `specialFocusOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, keep only facilities with a special focus status.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum nursing homes to push.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

CMS API page size (1–500).

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite delay between pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "RI",
  "specialFocusOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "pageSize": 100,
  "delayMs": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset of nursing home facilities and ratings.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper").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 thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/E8wfvSh2AXOSDezZo/builds/n7o5puvwYAbr5SEJ4/openapi.json