Nursing homes in Louisiana

Louisiana has 265 certified nursing homes in 61 parishes. Select a parish or a city to see its homes in one table.

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Parishes

Parishes of Louisiana with a certified nursing home, in order of name
Parish	Homes	Certified beds	Median overall rating	Citations for each 100 beds	Fines
Acadia	5	569	3	27.4	$297,535
Allen	3	291	1	28.2	$177,941
Ascension	3	363	4	21.8	$266,177
Assumption	1	120	1	49.2	$0
Avoyelles	8	790	3	18.9	$112,492
Beauregard	2	222	2	20.7	$24,119
Bienville	3	382	4	11.8	$59,670
Bossier	9	797	1	25.2	$358,442
Caddo	22	2,717	3	18.0	$1,224,329
Calcasieu	10	1,294	3	17.7	$272,577
Caldwell	1	99	2	18.2	$0
Catahoula	1	140	3	18.6	$0
Claiborne	3	231	3	16.9	$65,988
Concordia	1	91	1	42.9	$47,067
De Soto	2	235	4	13.2	$0
East Baton Rouge	24	3,106	3	21.1	$1,398,192
East Carroll	1	108	1	63.9	$74,456
East Feliciana	3	437	3	16.7	$504,875
Evangeline	4	421	3	18.1	$11,022
Franklin	4	442	2	16.7	$307,714
Grant	2	243	1	28.8	$0
Iberia	5	586	1	36.0	$16,447
Iberville	2	259	4	27.8	$245,413
Jackson	2	201	4	10.9	$17,275
Jefferson	12	1,807	3	18.9	$726,850
Jefferson Davis	4	362	4	13.0	$43,368
Lafayette	10	1,343	2	25.0	$254,981
Lafourche	4	448	4	13.4	$53,627
LaSalle	2	241	5	24.5	$53,231
Lincoln	3	424	1	12.7	$36,891
Livingston	2	346	1	16.5	$312,355
Madison	1	156	3	15.4	$3,145
Morehouse	4	466	4	15.9	$18,349
Natchitoches	3	330	1	42.1	$739,916
Orleans	11	1,557	2	20.2	$904,668
Ouachita	10	1,100	2	21.9	$145,793
Plaquemines	1	120	3	25.8	$0
Pointe Coupee	2	242	3	17.8	$17,345
Rapides	9	1,141	1	23.4	$842,786
Red River	1	157	2	7.0	$8,278
Richland	3	357	1	19.0	$23,300
Sabine	2	278	4	18.0	$146,533
St. Charles	2	263	5	10.3	$25,002
St. Helena	1	72	1	44.4	$319,733
St. James	1	116	3	17.2	$0
St. John the Baptist	2	156	5	28.8	$0
St. Landry	7	944	3	16.9	$167,803
St. Martin	2	252	4	15.5	$0
St. Mary	3	361	1	29.1	$286,321
St. Tammany	9	1,147	4	19.0	$379,962
Tangipahoa	6	758	3	14.1	$324,910
Terrebonne	4	443	4	11.3	$0
Union	3	393	1	21.1	$29,641
Vermilion	6	597	3	24.0	$40,108
Vernon	2	260	4	12.7	$13,046
West Baton Rouge	1	125	1	38.4	$140,868
Washington	3	350	1	18.3	$367,542
Webster	3	459	1	12.2	$322,647
West Carroll	2	200	2	35.0	$92,690
West Feliciana	1	128	1	23.4	$160,096
Winn	2	248	3	21.8	$0

Citations are the health citations of the last three survey cycles. Fines are the fines in the CMS penalties file, about three years.

Cities

Cities with two or more certified nursing homes. The number is the count of homes.

Facilities may see a change in their overall rating for a number of reasons. Since the overall rating is based on three individual domains, a change in any one of the domains can affect the overall rating. Any new data for a nursing home could potentially change a star rating domain.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Five-Star Quality Rating System: Technical Users' Guide, July 2026. CMS processed the data on 1 Aug 2026.

Louisiana in figures

The nursing homes in Louisiana have 32,291 certified beds. They have about 23,852 residents on an average day. 52% of the homes have a CMS overall rating of 1 or 2 stars. In the nation, the share is 41%. 23 homes have an overall rating of 5 stars.

The homes have 20.5 health citations for each 100 certified beds in the last three survey cycles. The figure for the nation is 26.8. CMS lists 238 fines with a total of $12,483,516 for these homes in its penalties file. CMS also lists 44 payment denials. 16 homes have the CMS abuse icon.

Nursing homes in Louisiana by CMS overall rating
Overall rating	Homes	Share	US share
5 of 5	23	9%	20%
4 of 5	55	21%	19%
3 of 5	49	18%	19%
2 of 5	47	18%	20%
1 of 5	90	34%	21%

F-tags in the state

The requirements that the citations in this state name most often.

F-tags with the most citations in Louisiana, three survey cycles
F-tag	Requirement (CMS text)	Citations
F0656	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	431
F0880	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	393
F0812	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	312
F0689	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	245
F0677	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.	230
F0641	Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.	216
F0695	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	203
F0609	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.	201
F0600	Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.	185
F0761	Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.	178
F0658	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	174
F0842	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	168

Chains in the state

Chains with nursing homes in Louisiana, in order of name
Chain	Homes in Louisiana
Ark Post Acute Network	2
Central Management Company	21
Charleston Healthcare Group	1
Commcare Corporation	14
Elder Outreach Nursing & Rehabilitation	5
Greenbrier Senior Living	1
Inspired Healthcare Management	6
Legacy Nursing & Rehabilitation	8
Nexion Health	12
Paramount Healthcare Consultants	13
Plantation Management Company	16
Priority Management	20
Rightcare Health Services	13
The Carpenter Health Network	3
Venza Care Management	3
Volare Health	4
Wellington Health Care Services	1

Fines by year

The CMS penalties file holds about three years. The first year and the last year are not complete.

Fines for nursing homes in Louisiana by year, from the CMS penalties file
Year	Penalties	Fines
2023	51	$1,759,652
2024	129	$6,044,541
2025	85	$4,371,190
2026	17	$308,133

Record by month

One page for each month: the surveys with citations, the penalties, and the changes in the CMS update of that month.

Monthly record of nursing homes in Louisiana, the latest month first
Month	Surveys with citations	Citations	Penalties	Fines
August 2026	0	0	0	$0
July 2026	2	6	0	$0
June 2026	38	116	0	$0
May 2026	35	123	2	$62,171
April 2026	37	116	2	$63,550
March 2026	51	196	12	$165,067
February 2026	33	119	0	$0
January 2026	38	149	1	$17,345
December 2025	43	154	3	$59,163
November 2025	6	10	4	$161,194
October 2025	12	39	0	$0
September 2025	39	149	6	$64,045
August 2025	38	209	8	$264,801
July 2025	38	218	9	$445,162
June 2025	39	187	4	$189,459
May 2025	49	270	6	$388,899
April 2025	53	234	13	$370,380
March 2025	55	202	7	$570,218
February 2025	58	268	15	$1,047,743
January 2025	38	181	10	$810,126
December 2024	46	178	8	$288,978
November 2024	32	88	7	$351,650
October 2024	54	255	5	$581,761
September 2024	48	163	10	$503,747

The site has no recorded change for Louisiana. It records changes at each CMS update.

Questions

How many nursing homes in Louisiana are Special Focus Facilities?: CMS lists 1 home in Louisiana as a Special Focus Facility and 5 as candidates. The table of homes on each county page and city page marks these homes.
Which F-tags have the most citations in Louisiana?: F-tag 656 has 431 citations in the last three survey cycles. F-tag 880 has 393. F-tag 812 has 312.
What changed in Louisiana in the last CMS update?: The site has no recorded change for Louisiana. At each CMS update, the site compares the tracked values of each home.
Where does the data on this page come from?: The data comes from the CMS Care Compare files for nursing homes. CMS processed the files on 1 Aug 2026. The CSV file on this page has one row for each home in Louisiana.