Nursing Home Database MCP Server

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Nursing Home Database is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 12 tools. Last commit 27 Sep 2026.

MCP server for US nursing facility search and ownership lookup (NursingHomeDatabase).

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 55%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

116 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 27 Sep 2026

What changed 36

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 7 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct 3 tools changed the parameters they ask for list_distinct_values, search_facilities, summarize_facilities

9 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten get_facility_changes, search_facilities

23 Sep 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for search_facilities, search_facilities_by_ownership

22 Sep 3 tools appeared list_distinct_values, search_facilities_by_ownership, summarize_facilities

22 Sep a tool changed version2 times that day

22 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_facilities

22 Sep a tool description was rewritten search_facilities

11 Sep 5 tool descriptions were rewritten get_facility, get_facility_ownership, get_owner and 2 more

11 Sep 2 tools appeared compare_facilities, get_facility_changes

11 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_facilities

and 15 more, back to 7 September 2026

Nursing Home Database missed 3 checks this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

facility

get_facility

Get one certified skilled nursing facility by CMS CCN (provnum) or web slug. Returns the same decision fields as search_facilities: ratings, nurse hours (HPRD), nurse/RN turnover, weighted inspection score, beds, fines, abuse/SFF flags, and maps deep-links. Use data_as_of as the CMS vintage; do not invent ratings or hours that are missing. Defaults to the latest monthly snapshot; pass filedate from list_file_dates for a prior month.

get_facility_changes

Monitor one skilled nursing facility across two CMS monthly files. Defaults to latest vs the prior snapshot. Returns field-level diffs for stars, nurse hours, turnover, inspection score, abuse icon, high-performing icon, fines, and occupancy. Care Compare shows this month only — rerun after the next file.

get_facility_ownership

Get CMS ownership records for one facility — who owns or manages the building. Defaults to the latest CMS monthly snapshot; pass filedate from list_file_dates to query a prior month.

facilities

search_facilities

Find certified US skilled nursing facilities near an address or in a city. Filter by CMS ownership type (call list_distinct_values field=ownership first), star rating, abuse flag, high-performing icon, or Special Focus status. Returns ownership, ratings, nurse hours (HPRD), nurse/RN turnover, weighted inspection score, beds, fines, straight-line distance_miles, and maps deep-links. distance_miles is crow-flies, not drive time — use maps.google_dir / a mapping service for minutes.

search_facilities_by_ownership

Find certified US SNFs by CMS ownership type (ProviderInfo.ownership). Call list_distinct_values with field=ownership first. Same result schema as search_facilities; combine with state, city, ZIP, or address.

compare

compare_facilities

Compare up to 25 certified skilled nursing facilities by CMS CCN or web slug. Returns the same decision fields as search_facilities (ratings, nurse hours, turnover, inspection score, beds, fines, maps) as a table. Prefer this over looping get_facility against the 60 requests/minute limit.

data

get_data_freshness

Get latest source dataset dates and row counts. For prior months, call list_file_dates and pass filedate to other tools.

distinct

list_distinct_values

List distinct CMS ProviderInfo values and counts for a field. Omit field to see the catalog. Use field=ownership before search_facilities to get the 13 ownership types. city requires state.

file

list_file_dates

List CMS monthly snapshot dates available in the database (newest first), plus the current filedate and known unpublished months. Use a returned date as filedate on other tools to retrieve a prior month instead of the latest data.

owner

get_owner

Get an owner portfolio by web_owner slug, including facility names, locations, and overall stars. Defaults to the latest CMS monthly snapshot; pass filedate from list_file_dates to query a prior month.

owners

search_owners

Search nursing-home owners by name. Defaults to the latest CMS monthly snapshot; pass filedate from list_file_dates to query a prior month.

summarize

summarize_facilities

Aggregate numeric CMS ProviderInfo fields (n, mean, min, max; optional median) across certified SNFs. Prefer this over paging search_facilities for national or grouped stats. Call list_distinct_values for ownership catalogs; call list_file_dates for filedate. Facility-equal means — not bed-weighted. Missing values excluded per metric. Not causal. Not a substitute for get_facility on a named home. Rate limit 60 requests/minute.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	80 ms	14 min ago

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Nursing Home Database — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Nursing Home Database do?

It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: compare_facilities, get_data_freshness, get_facility, get_facility_changes, get_facility_ownership, get_owner and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is Nursing Home Database mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around facility and facilities. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Nursing Home Database working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 116 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Nursing Home Database?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Nursing Home Database need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Nursing Home Database answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Nursing Home Database?

It answers our handshake in 116 ms on average, which is faster than 89% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Nursing Home Database open source?

We cannot say either way: 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.