Nevada Nursing Homes: Violations, Fines and Worst Records

Nevada nursing homes sit at 50th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for citations involving harm or immediate danger, counted per facility. The source is Medicare inspection data kept by CMS, the federal Medicare agency. Inspectors logged 2,175 citations over the last three inspection cycles in the state's 66 homes. Just 33 citations involved harm or immediate danger to a resident, with 10 immediate danger citations spread over nine homes. Nationwide, facilities average 1.54 citations of harm or danger each. Ormsby Post Acute Rehabilitation holds Nevada's sole Special Focus Facility status; five more homes are candidates.

Nevada inspectors recorded F684 for Quality of Care 107 times, more than any other citation. Since September 2023, CMS has issued $920,844 in federal fines covering 25 facilities statewide. The biggest, a $75,670 fine dated December 2023, went to Wingfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Sparks. Nurse staffing in Nevada homes comes to 4.34 hours per resident day on average; the national figure is 3.86 hours. In one year, 45.1% of nursing staff left, against 45.8% nationwide.

Nevada's licensee search, Find a Health Facility, lets families read state inspection findings; within the results, choose View Details to open each licensed home's report. On Medicare's Care Compare (formerly Nursing Home Compare), federal inspection reports are posted for every facility, each one written on the Form CMS-2567 deficiency statement.

To request a state inspection or report poor care at a Nevada facility, families can submit a state health facility complaint to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance, or call 775-684-1030. For help resolving problems inside a facility, residents and relatives can also reach the Nevada State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program at 1-888-282-1155. It is hosted by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Aging and Disability Services Division. Reports about an older or vulnerable adult in Nevada who may be abused, neglected, or exploited go to Adult Protective Services at (888) 729-0571.