Data pipeline
- Fetch the New Hampshire rows from the official CMS Provider Data Catalog API (Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, Penalties, Ownership, MDS Quality Measures, Hospital General Information).
- Validate: one record per CMS Certification Number (CCN); row counts checked against the dataset; dates recorded.
- Publish values as CMS reports them, with the dataset date on every page.
- Refresh when CMS publishes new monthly files. Only one snapshot is stored today, so we show no trends yet.
Current snapshot: 73 NH nursing homes (CMS processing date Oct 1, 2026), 974 health citations, 38 penalties, 1,357 ownership records, 1,241 quality-measure rows, 27 hospitals. Retrieved Nov 11, 2026.
Missing, not applicable, suppressed and zero
We keep these apart. If CMS gives no rating we say “Not rated” and show the CMS footnote code; if a measure is blank we say “Not reported.” We never substitute a number or a score of our own, and we never show nursing home metrics on other care types.
Averages and comparisons
“NH average” is the simple average of New Hampshire homes that report the measure. Distances are straight-line miles between CMS coordinates (or an approximate town point, the average of that town's facility coordinates). These are not driving distances.
Selective local pages
Town pages exist for every NH town with a certified home. When the site is public, town pages with only one home will be kept out of search indexes (noindex), since the facility page already covers them; county and state pages stay indexable.
What we don't do
We don't create our own ratings or “best” lists, publish prices, accept payment for placement, or display reviews.