NursingLedger is a free public-data research product for exploring U.S. nursing-home records. It brings together CMS provider information, federal penalty records, reported ownership, and Payroll Based Journal staffing data into searchable facility profiles. Users can search by facility name, city, state, or ZIP code, review ratings and federal penalties, explore ownership relationships, examine reported staffing, compare facilities, and browse records across states. NursingLedger connects records using the CMS certification number and keeps imported source values distinct from calculations made by the site. It is designed for research and public-information use and does not create a proprietary safety or quality score.
CMS nursing-home information is published across separate datasets, which can make it difficult to examine the records for one facility in one place. NursingLedger was built to connect those public records around the CMS certification number and make them easier to search and inspect. The goal is to give users a straightforward way to explore provider information, federal penalties, reported ownership, and payroll-reported staffing without hiding the source data behind a proprietary score.