Using inspection citations without overclaiming

Will this make me look like I'm chasing a nursing home's bad inspection?

Not if you lead with the next test or a service contract. Most of these citations already carry a correction date the home gave CMS.

• Generators (K918): 94% of the last 12 months' 2,178 K918 citation rows say "Deficient, Provider has date of correction".
• Sprinklers and fire alarms (K353, K345): 95% of the last 12 months' 5,227 K353 and K345 citation rows say the same.

"Deficient, Provider has date of correction" means the home gave CMS a correction date in its plan of correction. It can be a planned date, and the file doesn't say whether an inspector confirmed the fix. Source: CMS Fire Safety Deficiencies, inspections from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.

How we counted

K0918 rows with Deficiency Corrected = "Deficient, Provider has date of correction" (2050) / K0918 rows (2178), one decimal.

K0353 or K0345 rows with Deficiency Corrected = "Deficient, Provider has date of correction" (4980) / K0353 or K0345 rows (5227), one decimal.

Waiver and "No revisit needed" rows are left out. CMS's CSV file

We write "cited" and quote CMS. We show the status exactly as CMS lists it, and a correction date as the home gave it. A citation is a fact about an inspection, not a verdict on the building or its staff.

Is it legal and safe to use?

Yes. These are U.S. government records that CMS publishes for public use. They describe buildings and inspections and contain no patient data. We credit CMS as the source on every page, and every row links to its record. We don't buy, scrape or guess names or emails. The only phone number on a row is the home's main line, as CMS lists it.

StandbyBrief is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS. We use no CMS logo and claim no approval, because a disclaimer does not cure an implied endorsement (42 U.S.C. 1320b-10(a)(3)). This page is not legal advice.

Is the data right? I don't want to call a home with a wrong claim.

Every row links to its CMS record, so you can check it before you call. Every fact is re-read from the raw CMS file before it is shown. On Nov 6, 2026, a separate check, with code that shares nothing with our engine and its own copy of CMS's Oct 2026 files, re-derived 30 random findings: 30 of 30 matched. It also matched 486 of 486 findings in 3 test territories, with 0 false findings. How we check.

If a row still looks wrong, the "Wrong record?" button on it reaches us directly.

CMS's own data can be incomplete: a 2023 federal audit, OIG report A-09-20-02007, reported that Care Compare did not accurately show fire-safety deficiencies for some homes. The file also runs 1–3 months behind inspections. Every list names the CMS file it comes from and when the next one is due.

Will my competitor get the same list?

Yes, if they sign up for the same territory. Territories are not exclusive, because the records are public. You pay for the finding, checking and mapping.