Market Deployment Report
State 1 / State 2 / State 3
3,033 facilities • 333,006 beds • Top 50 opportunities ranked • MDR-TX-FL-CA-202604
Data vintage
Staffing (PBJ)Q3 2025 (PBJ)
Health inspectionsthrough Apr 2026
Federal penaltiesthrough Apr 2026
Quality measuresthrough Apr 2026
Ownership recordsthrough Apr 2026
Fire safetythrough Apr 2026
Facility financialsFY2024 HCRIS
Local demographics2023 ACS 5-year estimates
Each layer refreshed at the fastest cadence CMS publishes. PBJ staffing is released quarterly approximately 45 days after each collection period; deficiencies, penalties, and ownership records update continuously as agencies post them.
1 Executive Summary
Multi-state market overview for staffing deployment planning
69.4%
With Compliance Gaps
12
High Contract Dependency
Across 3 states, 3,033 nursing facilities operate
333,006 certified beds. 69.4% of facilities have at least
one compliance gap heading into the industry staffing benchmarks. 12
facilities are in the HIGH or CRITICAL contract dependency tier, representing the most agency-dependent
facilities across these markets. Average contract staffing utilization is 2.0%.
2 State Comparison
Side-by-side market metrics across selected states
Non-Compliance Rate by State
Contract Dependency by State
| State | Fac | Beds | Avg Rating | Medicaid | Private | Stability | %NC | Contract | High Dep | Avg Viol |
| S1 | 1,177 | 133,557 | 2.8 | 59.8% | 31.6% | 81.3 | 65.1% | 2.1% | 5 | 5.5 |
| S3 | 1,162 | 114,992 | 3.1 | 23.8% | 57.0% | 84.5 | 7.5% | 2.4% | 5 | 8.6 |
| S2 | 694 | 84,457 | 3.2 | 54.8% | 28.5% | 86.0 | 18.1% | 1.2% | 2 | 2.8 |
3 Compliance Landscape
Combined compliance status across all 3 states
Compliance Trend — Selected States vs National (11 Quarters)
4 County Market Rankings
Top 30 counties across selected states, ranked by facility count
Private Pay % by County (Top 15)
Contract Dependency % by County (Top 15)
| County | State | Fac | Beds | Private | %NC | Contract | Avg Viol | IJ (3yr) |
| County 1 | S3 | 371 | 37,670 | 59.4% | 6.0% | 1.8% | 12.5 | 276 |
| County 2 | S1 | 97 | 11,672 | 33.2% | 60.8% | 2.1% | 4.7 | 262 |
| County 3 | S1 | 82 | 10,770 | 32.6% | 60.5% | 1.5% | 5.8 | 180 |
| County 4 | S3 | 81 | 8,791 | 57.5% | 11.1% | 2.8% | 7.1 | 2 |
| County 5 | S3 | 72 | 7,730 | 49.5% | 5.6% | 1.6% | 13.7 | 1 |
| County 6 | S1 | 71 | 8,972 | 35.3% | 62.9% | 1.3% | 6.6 | 199 |
| County 7 | S3 | 69 | 5,522 | 48.8% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 2.9 | 8 |
| County 8 | S2 | 65 | 7,485 | 22.2% | 33.8% | 2.3% | 3.2 | 67 |
| County 9 | S1 | 62 | 7,679 | 34.4% | 66.1% | 1.5% | 9.5 | 120 |
| County 10 | S3 | 54 | 5,123 | 57.5% | 5.6% | 1.4% | 8.6 | 19 |
| County 11 | S2 | 54 | 8,281 | 26.5% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.7 | 29 |
| County 12 | S3 | 54 | 4,996 | 56.6% | 13.0% | 2.6% | 4.6 | 12 |
| County 13 | S2 | 54 | 6,163 | 34.8% | 3.7% | 0.4% | 4.3 | 14 |
| County 14 | S3 | 50 | 5,114 | 61.3% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 7.7 | 7 |
| County 15 | S3 | 37 | 3,915 | 71.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 6.9 | 4 |
| County 5 | S2 | 36 | 4,559 | 28.6% | 11.8% | 1.3% | 3.3 | 36 |
| County 16 | S2 | 34 | 4,400 | 25.7% | 29.4% | 1.1% | 1.2 | 6 |
| County 17 | S2 | 33 | 4,314 | 28.4% | 6.1% | 0.6% | 2.8 | 2 |
| County 18 | S3 | 31 | 2,778 | 53.6% | 13.3% | 0.3% | 3.7 | 1 |
| County 19 | S2 | 30 | 3,943 | 26.6% | 16.7% | 0.5% | 3.1 | 16 |
| County 20 | S2 | 30 | 3,086 | 34.8% | 23.3% | 3.3% | 1.9 | 30 |
| County 21 | S3 | 30 | 2,916 | 59.4% | 6.7% | 2.8% | 4.5 | 3 |
| County 22 | S2 | 29 | 3,427 | 28.7% | 27.6% | 2.8% | 1.0 | 11 |
| County 23 | S1 | 28 | 3,203 | 33.8% | 57.1% | 1.5% | 5.2 | 75 |
| County 24 | S2 | 25 | 3,174 | 31.2% | 24.0% | 0.1% | 3.9 | 27 |
| County 25 | S3 | 24 | 2,629 | 57.2% | 4.2% | 0.1% | 10.0 | 0 |
| County 26 | S1 | 22 | 2,772 | 21.2% | 72.7% | 0.3% | 5.5 | 38 |
| County 27 | S1 | 22 | 2,640 | 42.9% | 63.6% | 0.4% | 4.5 | 16 |
| County 28 | S1 | 22 | 2,585 | 34.4% | 54.5% | 0.2% | 7.3 | 32 |
| County 29 | S2 | 21 | 2,803 | 27.6% | 19.0% | 0.5% | 2.7 | 29 |
5 Top 50 Deployment Targets
Facilities ranked by SeniorIndex Staffing Need Score (0–100)
Opportunity Map: Staffing Need vs Revenue Quality
| # | Facility | City | State | Beds | Rating | RN Hrs | Private | Compliance | Contract | Score |
| 1 | Facility 1 | City 1 | S3 | 391 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.28 | 78.8% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 96 |
| 2 | Facility 2 | City 2 | S3 | 130 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.34 | 86.8% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 86 |
| 3 | Facility 3 | City 3 | S3 | 87 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.26 | 79.9% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 83 |
| 4 | Facility 4 | City 4 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.29 | 81.2% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 82 |
| 5 | Facility 5 | City 5 | S3 | 59 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.25 | 77.8% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.1% | 81 |
| 6 | Facility 6 | City 6 | S1 | 222 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.30 | 24.5% | CRITICAL | 0.0% | 80 |
| 7 | Facility 7 | City 7 | S3 | 154 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.39 | 93.8% | AT RISK | 1.0% | 79 |
| 8 | Facility 8 | City 8 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.33 | 78.6% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 78 |
| 9 | Facility 9 | City 9 | S1 | 214 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.16 | 17.6% | CRITICAL | 0.0% | 77 |
| 10 | Facility 10 | City 10 | S1 | 180 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.28 | 29.2% | NON COMPLIANT | 3.9% | 77 |
| 11 | Facility 11 | City 11 | S3 | 59 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.29 | 67.6% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 76 |
| 12 | Facility 12 | City 12 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.33 | 69.5% | AT RISK | 0.3% | 76 |
| 13 | Facility 13 | City 13 | S1 | 154 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.22 | 25.0% | CRITICAL | 11.8% | 75 |
| 14 | Facility 14 | City 6 | S1 | 237 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.21 | 17.5% | CRITICAL | 0.0% | 75 |
| 15 | Facility 15 | City 14 | S1 | 124 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.14 | 26.6% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 73 |
| 16 | Facility 16 | City 15 | S1 | 124 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.27 | 32.7% | NON COMPLIANT | 2.8% | 73 |
| 17 | Facility 17 | City 16 | S1 | 172 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.32 | 12.4% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 73 |
| 18 | Facility 18 | City 17 | S1 | 186 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.33 | 35.4% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 73 |
| 19 | Facility 19 | City 18 | S2 | 120 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.33 | 31.0% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 73 |
| 20 | Facility 20 | County 3 | S1 | 184 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.27 | 11.5% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 71 |
| 21 | Facility 21 | City 20 | S1 | 152 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.19 | 8.0% | CRITICAL | 0.0% | 71 |
| 22 | Facility 22 | City 21 | S2 | 103 | ★☆☆☆☆ | N/A | 29.2% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 70 |
| 23 | Facility 23 | City 22 | S3 | 253 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.32 | 7.7% | AT RISK | 23.6% | 69 |
| 24 | Facility 24 | City 23 | S1 | 68 | ★☆☆☆☆ | N/A | 41.9% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 67 |
| 25 | Facility 25 | City 24 | S3 | 126 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.35 | 64.8% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 66 |
| 26 | Facility 26 | City 25 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.43 | 74.8% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 66 |
| 27 | Facility 27 | City 6 | S1 | 106 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.35 | 31.2% | NON COMPLIANT | 12.6% | 64 |
| 28 | Facility 28 | City 26 | S1 | 155 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.31 | 23.8% | NON COMPLIANT | 2.6% | 64 |
| 29 | Facility 29 | City 27 | S1 | 163 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.40 | 34.7% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 64 |
| 30 | Facility 30 | City 28 | S1 | 143 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.35 | 19.8% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.1% | 63 |
| 31 | Facility 31 | City 29 | S1 | 234 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.40 | 17.4% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 63 |
| 32 | Facility 32 | City 30 | S3 | 145 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.32 | 0.7% | AT RISK | 4.8% | 63 |
| 33 | Facility 33 | City 31 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.40 | 87.2% | AT RISK | 2.4% | 62 |
| 34 | Facility 34 | City 11 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.30 | 1.9% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 62 |
| 35 | Facility 35 | City 32 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.23 | 8.1% | NON COMPLIANT | 40.6% | 61 |
| 36 | Facility 36 | City 33 | S3 | 133 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.35 | 12.0% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 61 |
| 37 | Facility 37 | County 28 | S1 | 187 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.43 | 20.3% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 60 |
| 38 | Facility 38 | City 35 | S3 | 92 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.37 | 70.7% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 60 |
| 39 | Facility 39 | City 36 | S1 | 104 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.39 | 29.7% | NON COMPLIANT | 1.6% | 59 |
| 40 | Facility 40 | City 37 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.35 | 9.5% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 59 |
| 41 | Facility 41 | City 30 | S3 | 99 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.42 | 40.0% | AT RISK | 0.9% | 59 |
| 42 | Facility 42 | City 12 | S3 | 148 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.38 | 7.3% | AT RISK | 2.1% | 58 |
| 43 | Facility 43 | City 38 | S1 | 204 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.47 | 23.6% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 57 |
| 44 | Facility 44 | City 39 | S1 | 179 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.47 | 30.5% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.0% | 56 |
| 45 | Facility 45 | City 40 | S2 | 104 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.36 | 23.8% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.4% | 56 |
| 46 | Facility 46 | City 41 | S2 | 185 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.45 | 20.1% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 56 |
| 47 | Facility 47 | City 42 | S1 | 122 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.34 | 24.1% | CRITICAL | 2.1% | 55 |
| 48 | Facility 48 | City 43 | S2 | 59 | ★☆☆☆☆ | N/A | 15.8% | NON COMPLIANT | 33.1% | 55 |
| 49 | Facility 49 | City 44 | S2 | 120 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.42 | 15.2% | NON COMPLIANT | 0.1% | 54 |
| 50 | Facility 50 | City 37 | S3 | 119 | ★☆☆☆☆ | 0.38 | 3.7% | AT RISK | 0.0% | 54 |
Staffing Need Score combines: Staffing Gap (30pts), Revenue Quality (25pts),
Regulatory Pressure (20pts), Facility Size (15pts), and Violation Signal (10pts).
6 Deployment Strategy Insights
Data-driven recommendations for market entry
Highest urgency market: State 1 with 65.1% non-compliance rate across 1,177 facilities. Facilities here have the widest staffing gaps and highest deployment opportunity.
Highest existing agency market: State 3 at 2.4% average contract utilization with 5 high-dependency facilities. Established demand for agency staff.
Strongest revenue market: State 3 with 57.0% average private pay. Facilities in this state have the strongest capacity to sustain premium contract rates.
Top county for deployment: County 1, CA with 371 facilities and 37,670 beds. Geographic density enables efficient multi-facility coverage from a single base.
7 Penalty Intelligence
Enforcement actions and fines across selected states
$115,617,509
Total Fines (3yr)
1,666
Facilities Penalized
Enforcement intensity varies significantly across markets. States with higher penalty volumes
signal active regulatory pressure, creating urgency-driven demand for contract staffing and
compliance consulting.
8 Ownership Landscape
Chain operators and market consolidation across selected states
1,775
Acquisition Targets
| Top Chain Operators | Facilities (Selected States) | Total Nationwide | Avg Rating |
| Chain Operator 1 | 155 | 329 | 3.2 ★ |
| Chain Operator 2 | 149 | 149 | 2.7 ★ |
| Chain Operator 3 | 132 | 264 | 2.9 ★ |
| Chain Operator 4 | 90 | 90 | 2.3 ★ |
| Chain Operator 5 | 67 | 67 | 2.8 ★ |
| Chain Operator 6 | 52 | 52 | 2.2 ★ |
| Chain Operator 7 | 46 | 46 | 3.1 ★ |
| Chain Operator 8 | 45 | 45 | 3.2 ★ |
| Chain Operator 9 | 38 | 38 | 2.2 ★ |
| Chain Operator 10 | 37 | 38 | 3.1 ★ |
Chain-affiliated facilities often have centralized staffing contracts, while independent facilities
represent direct sales opportunities for staffing agencies. Markets with high acquisition target
counts signal potential ownership transitions that frequently trigger staffing contract renegotiation.
9 Financial Health by Market
CMS HCRIS Cost Reports (Form 2540-10) — Cross-State Comparison
| State | Avg Revenue | Avg Margin | Rev/Day | Cost/Day | Unprofitable |
| S1 | $9,214,082 | -12.9%% | $1,218,649 | $1,054,226 | 633 (61%%) |
| S2 | $17,823,229 | -13.2%% | $231,128 | $203,571 | 385 (57%%) |
| S3 | $20,178,975 | -5.1%% | $45,775 | $43,808 | 377 (37%%) |
Financial data from CMS HCRIS cost reports. Margin = (revenue - expenses) / revenue. National avg: -9.1% (FY2024).
Source: CMS Cost Report Filings (HCRIS, Form 2540-10)
10 Methodology & Data Sources
Report ID: MDR-TX-FL-CA-202604 • Generated April 06, 2026
This report aggregates data from CMS Provider Data Catalog (facility profiles, star ratings, quality measures),
CMS Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) daily nurse staffing records (14.5 million records across 11 quarters), facility
financial filings (payer mix), and CMS health inspection and enforcement records (419,452 deficiencies).
Staffing Need Score (0–100): Staffing Gap (30pts) + Revenue Quality (25pts) +
Regulatory Pressure (20pts) + Facility Size (15pts) + Violation Signal (10pts).
Staffing Assessment: COMPLIANT = meets all 3 industry benchmarks. AT_RISK = meets 2 of 3.
NON_COMPLIANT = meets 0–1. CRITICAL = fails all 3 or 10+ zero-RN days.
Limitations: Proprietary analytical products. Not CMS endorsements or regulatory determinations.
Compliance projections are estimates and should not be construed as legal advice.