Vermont Nursing Homes: Violations, Fines and Worst Records

Vermont is second among the states in per-home federal fines and third in the portion of nursing staff who left within a year. All 33 facilities in the state are tracked by CMS, the federal Medicare agency, in its published data files on nursing homes. The records indicate that federal fines totaling $2,881,039 were issued to 24 Vermont homes since September 2023. Springfield Health & Rehab in Springfield received the state's largest single federal fine, $253,692, in March 2025, and it is also the one Vermont facility taking part in the federal Special Focus program.

The portion of nursing staff who left within a year averages 55.4% in Vermont; across the United States, that average is 45.8%. The state averages 4.22 hours of total nurse staffing per resident each day, while nationally the figure is 3.86 hours daily. Vermont homes were cited 52 times by inspectors during the three most recent inspection cycles for breaking supervision and accident-hazard rules, the most common violation statewide. Actual resident harm or immediate danger appeared in 19 of those Vermont supervision citations; for harm-or-danger citations per home, the state ranks sixth highest nationally.

State inspection findings are posted for families on the Nursing Home Survey Statements page of the Vermont Division of Licensing and Protection. Each Vermont nursing home has its life safety code surveys, health surveys, complaint investigation surveys, and revisit surveys posted in that state directory. The Form CMS-2567 deficiency statement, the federal inspection report covering all 33 Vermont homes, can also be opened from every facility page on Medicare's Care Compare, a search tool once called Nursing Home Compare.

Problems at a Vermont facility can be reported by anyone online through the Vermont Division of Licensing and Protection or by calling 1-888-700-5330 (complaint visits generated 39.4% of citations in the state). A free resident advocate from the Vermont Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project at Vermont Legal Aid can help resolve a day-to-day care dispute; call 1-800-889-2047 ext. 3. Concerns about possible neglect, exploitation, or abuse of a vulnerable adult living in a Vermont home can also be directed to Adult Protective Services at (800) 564-1612.