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Alabama nursing homes: recent changes in CMS data

CMS's Care Compare shows each home as it is now. This page lists what changed recently in the CMS files for Alabama: overall star ratings that went up or down from one monthly file to the next, fines and payment denials with a recent penalty date, changes of ownership, and the homes CMS currently lists as Special Focus Facilities or candidates. Every item comes straight from CMS data. Lists are in order of home name; the order is not a ranking.

Overall rating went up
1
Overall rating went down
0
Fines and payment denials, 90 days
0
Ownership changes, 12 months
9

Rating changesFines and payment denialsOwnership changesSpecial Focus Facilities

Overall star rating changes

Comparing CMS's Aug 2026 and Sep 2026 monthly data files, the overall rating went up at 1 home and down at 0 homes. It stayed the same at 222 homes.

Overall rating went up (1)

Overall rating went down (0)

None.

Method: the "Overall Rating" field in CMS's Provider Information file for Aug 2026 and for Sep 2026 (data processed Sep 1, 2026), taken from CMS's archive of monthly files. Only homes with an overall rating in both files are compared. This page does not show why a rating changed; each home's page shows its health inspection, staffing and quality measure ratings.

Fines and payment denials, Jun 4, 2026 to Sep 1, 2026

CMS's penalty file lists no fines or payment denials for Alabama homes with a penalty date from Jun 4, 2026 to Sep 1, 2026.

Method: the "Penalty Date" field in CMS's Penalties file (processed Sep 30, 2026). Window: the 90 days from Jun 4, 2026 up to and including Sep 1, 2026, the processing date of the Provider Information file. Each fine or payment denial is one row; a home can have more than one. Penalties added in later CMS files are not shown. How CMS fines and payment denials work

Changes of ownership, Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026

CMS's change of ownership file of Sep 29, 2026 lists 9 changes of ownership at 9 homes in Alabama with an effective date from Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026.

Method: the "EFFECTIVE DATE" field in CMS's Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership file SNF_CHOW_2026.09.29.csv (file date Sep 29, 2026), matched to homes by the buyer's CMS Certification Number. Window: the 12 months up to the file date. Only the 222 Alabama homes that take part in Medicare are included, because the file covers facilities approved to bill Medicare; 2 Medicaid-only homes are left out. The latest effective date anywhere in this file is May 8, 2026, and later CMS files add changes with past effective dates, so recent months can be incomplete. Buyer and seller names are not shown. Changes of ownership by state

Special Focus Facilities and candidates

A Special Focus Facility is a home CMS has placed under closer oversight because of its inspection record; a candidate is a home whose inspection record qualifies it for the program but that has not been selected. What a Special Focus Facility is

Special Focus Facilities (1)

Special Focus Facility candidates (5)

Method: the "Special Focus Status" field ("SFF" or "SFF Candidate") in CMS's Provider Information file processed Sep 1, 2026. This is CMS's current list, not a change from an earlier month.

Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing homes including rehab services: Provider Information (processed Sep 1, 2026; monthly archive file for Aug 2026) and Penalties (processed Sep 30, 2026); data.cms.gov, Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership, file SNF_CHOW_2026.09.29.csv.

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