CMS
Daily Nurse Staffing →RN, LPN, and CNA hours per resident-day across Medicare-certified nursing facilities.
Provider of Services
Facility identity backbone. CCN-keyed, cross-joins all Care Compare datasets. Source:
FHIR Location · Sample record
What a record looks like in the API response.
{
"resourceType": "Location",
"id": "pos-015009",
"_source": "cms-pos",
"_methodology": "cms-pos/v1",
"identifier": [{ "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ccn", "value": "015009" }]
}Every record carries _source, _methodology, a snapshot date, and a confidence tier. All fourteen provenance fields survive export and API delivery.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FONTEUM_KEY" \ "https://api.fonteum.com/fhir/r4/Location?_source=pos" \ | jq '._source, ._methodology, .meta.tag'
Dataset facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Agency | |
| Category | Nursing facilities |
| Records | |
| Temporal coverage | 2024–2026 |
| Refresh cadence | Quarterly |
| Freshness SLA | Within 48h of quarterly CMS release |
| Last synced | 2026-05-07Updated 2026-05-07 |
| FHIR resource | Location |
| Methodology | cms-pos/v1 |
| Measured | Facility type, CCN, certification status, and provider category for all CMS-certified facilities |
| Upstream source | data.cms.gov → |
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How to reach this dataset.
API access is operator-approved during the pilot. Reviewed within one business day. No charge during the pilot period.
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