Pontotoc Nursing Home

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show <0.01 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 0% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 0% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 44 beds and averages 42.1 residents a day — about 96% occupied, or roughly 2 beds typically open. It runs essentially full — expect a waiting list. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 4.27 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.86 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.58 is at or above the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.49 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.58 on weekdays — 24% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 1.01 to 0.51 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 29% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

• Actual harm · G2025-07-24 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, resident and staff interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to implement Activity of Daily Living (ADL) care plans for Residents #1, #17, and #30 and failed to implement a pressure ulcer care plan for Resident # 6 for (4) four of 16 resident care plans reviewed. Findings Include: Review of the facility policy titled, “Plan of Care,” last revised 06/27/24, revealed, Policy: It is the policy of “Proper Name” to properly provide patient care planning… Procedure: 2.) “An interdisciplinary collaborative manner as appropriate to the needs of the patient should be utilized to develop and implement the care plan . Resident #1 Record review of the Care Plan for Resident #1 revealed under, Problem/Need: I require assistance w/ (with) ADLs (activities of daily living) r/t (related to) weakness, debility, and dementia. Also revealed under, Approaches: Personal Hygiene- Limited-Extensive x (times) 1 (one). During an observation and interview on 7/21/2025 at 11:18 AM,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Actual harm · G2025-07-24 · tag F0686 — failed to prevent and treat pressure sores (bedsores) — isolated
  Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, staff interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to assess and implement timely interventions to address skin integrity concerns, resulting in progression of a pressure injury and delayed wound healing for one (1) of three (3) residents reviewed for pressure ulcers. (Resident #6) Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled “Assessment and Reassessment of Patients” with a revision date of 5/12/25 revealed under, “Policy: It is the policy of (proper name of facility) that patients should be properly assessed and reassessed.” Also revealed under, “Procedure: … 6. Wound assessments and measurements should be performed at start of care, resumption of care, and recommended weekly. Reassessment should be performed any time there is a significant change noted .” Record review of Resident #6’s hospital “Integumentary Flowsheet History” revealed documentation on 3/7/25 of deep tissue injury (DTI) left heel. An interview with the Director of Nursing (DON) on 7/24/25 at 9:20 AM revealed Resident #6 transferred to the hospital on…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-07-24 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, resident and staff interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to address resident equipment in disrepair, resulting in a resident continuing to use an unsafe and uncomfortable wheelchair for approximately one month for one (1) of 31 residents utilizing wheelchairs reviewed. Resident #4 Record review of the facility policy titled, “Medical Equipment Management Program Medical Equipment Repair” with a revision date of 4/22 revealed “Policy: The Biomedical-Clinical Services Department is responsible for providing safe, effective and timely repair of all Medical Equipment .” Record review of “(Proper Name) Biomed” record from 10/02/24 to 6/20/25 revealed no documentation regarding repair or replacement of Resident #4’s wheelchair. An observation and interview on 7/22/2025 at 8:55 AM, revealed Resident #4 sitting in a wheelchair in his room. The bilateral vinyl armrests were noted to be torn and tattered. Resident #4 stated, “The armrests are uncomfortable on my…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-07-24 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — isolated
  Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, resident and staff interviews, record review, and facility policy review the facility failed to provide Activities of Daily Living (ADL) care for three (3) of 42 residents observed during the initial tour related to nail care for Resident #17 and failed to shave Residents #1 and #30. Findings Include: The facility provided a statement on letterhead signed by the Director of Nursing that revealed, “(Proper name) of the facility does not have a personal hygiene policy.” Review of the facility policy titled, Nails, Care of, last revised 08/06/24, revealed: “Policy: It is the policy of 'Proper Name' Nursing Home that nails should be properly cared for . Resident #1 On 7/21/2025 at 11:18 AM, an observation and interview with Resident #1 revealed he had black and gray facial hair approximately 1/4 (one-fourth) inch in length and stated he wanted to be shaved but preferred to keep his mustache. An interview with Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) #5 on 7/22/2025 at 10:36 AM revealed Resident #1 should be…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2024-04-24 · tag F0851 — widespread
  Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to submit accurate staffing data into the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system for one (1) of four (4) quarters reviewed. First Quarter 2024. Findings Include: Record review of a typed document on facility letterhead dated 4/24/24, and signed by the Administrative Assistant revealed The facility does not have a written policy on accurate submission of staffing data into the Payroll Based Journal . Record review of the PBJ (Payroll Based Journal) Staffing Data Report CASPER Report 1705D FY (Fiscal Year) Quarter 1 2024 (October 1 - December 31), revealed No RN (Registered Nurse) Hours - Triggered. Triggered = Four or More Days Within the Quarter with no RN Hours. The CASPER Report also revealed Failed to have Licensed Nursing Coverage 24 Hours/Day - Triggered. Triggered = Four or More Days Within the Quarter with < (less than) 24 Hours/Day Licensed Nursing Coverage. On 04/23/24 at 2:20 PM, an interview with Administrator (ADM) revealed the Administrative Assistant was responsible for inputting the staffing data into the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-02-23 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, staff interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that oxygen in use signage was visibly posted, and oxygen tubing was dated for three (3) of eight (8) residents observed. Resident #24, Resident #29, and Resident #32. Findings include: Record review revealed that the facility did not have a policy related to posting oxygen in use signage. The Administrator (ADM) provided documentation on the facility letterhead that noted, (Facility Name) does not currently have a policy addressing, No smoking Oxygen in Use signage, nor do they have a policy to address oxygen maintenance. Record review of the typed statement on facility letterhead dated 2/23/2023 revealed Pontotoc Nursing Home does not currently have a policy addressing Aqua pak or oxygen tubing maintenance but follows the procedure of changing the oxygen concentrators Aqua pak and oxygen tubing every Sunday at 2 PM as ordered and signed by the physician . Resident #32 An observation on 02/21/23 at 10:50 AM, revealed…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-02-23 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, staff and resident interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to prevent the likelihood of infection as evidenced by improper storage of oxygen cannula and nebulizer tubing, and mouthpiece for one (1) of four (4) residents observed. Resident #29. Findings Include Review of the facility policy titled, Nebulizer Masks, Tubing, and Bag Protocol with a review date of 2/22/23 revealed, It is the policy of (Facility Name) that nebulizer mask and tubing should be dried and stored when not in use. Rationale: Provide infection control and protection for residents using nebulizer treatments. Procedure: 1. (Facility Name) provides clear plastic bags with a drawstring closure to store nebulizer mask and tubing. 2. The resident's room number and date should be written on the bag, tubing, and mask. Observation on 02/21/23 at 10:30 AM, Resident #29's oxygen concentrator was observed in the corner of the room with the nasal cannula wrapped around the right bedside rail. There was a nebulizer machine on the bedside table the nebulizer tubing was…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

The source lists no ownership percentage for any party here — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

What families pay in MS