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Nursing Home Provider Information

For providers and administrators of nursing home care in Massachusetts.

Nursing homes provide an invaluable service to those needing long-term care. Here, you can find information for nursing homes licensed by the Department of Public Health, including how to submit electronic plans of correction (ePOC), reporting changes to administrators or directors of nursing, and learn about the laws, regulations, and policies regarding nursing homes.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Long Term Care Survey Process  

All other tasks

Initial licensure and change of ownership  Report a change in administrator or director of nursing  Subscribe to the Long Term Care Facilities Listserv 

What you need to know

Learn about Minimum Data Set (MDS)  MOLST and Comfort Care DNR Verification  Nursing Home Quality Improvement Initiatives  Health care facility licensure regulations  Circular letters  Supporting Better Care for Substance Use in Long-Term Care  Massachusetts Civil Monetary Penalties Fund Use Plan  FAQs about Beds at Open Long-term Care Facilities – Temporarily or Permanently Out of Service  Home Dialysis in Nursing Homes 

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