DATASET · CMS
68,211 CCN-keyed facilities.
Facility identity backbone. CCN-keyed, cross-joins all Care Compare datasets.
Refreshed quarterly · FHIR Location · SLA: Within 48h of quarterly CMS release
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, snapshot date, and confidence tier. These fields survive export and API delivery.
Sample query
One cURL call returns a provenanced record.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FONTEUM_KEY" \ "https://api.fonteum.com/fhir/r4/Location?_source=pos" \ | jq '._source, ._methodology, .meta.tag'
Response includes the FHIR resource body plus Fonteum provenance metadata on every record.
Dataset stats
Dataset: Provider of Services Agency: CMS Category: Nursing facilities Records: 68,211 CCN-keyed facilities Last sync: 2026-05-07 Refresh cadence: Quarterly Freshness SLA: Within 48h of quarterly CMS release FHIR resource: Location Methodology: /methodology
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