This site displays data on nursing homes in Alabama. Our data are based on from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In the interactive map and table, CCN refers to the CMS Certification Number, a number that uniquely identifies the nursing home. Our data have been enhanced by adding attributes related to urban/rural classification and aggregation based on counties and our own primary care service areas. The abbreviation ARPD stands for Average Residents per Day. CMS uses several five-star quality ratings for nursing homes:
Our data are displayed in the form of interactive maps and interactive tables. The maps generally have point or area layers that can be added or removed with the layer control on the map. The user can zoom in and out of a map and move about in the usual way. Zooming in reveals additional features such as small towns and then streets and roads. A click on the home button returns the map to its origional location and scale. The zoom to area button allows the user to zoom to a selected rectangular area of the map. Clicking on an object in a layer shows summary data for that object.
The interactive tables can be sorted by any field, by clicking on the header for that field. The buttons at the top allow the table data to be copied to the clipboard, in tab-separated text format, printed, or downloaded in various formats (tab-separated text, Excel, or PDF). With the search bar, the table can be filtered according to a text string.
In the interactive tables that display geographic point or area data, you can click on a row to select an object and see the object highlighted in the map. You can select as many rows as you wish. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlight.