Nursing Homes in Arkansas: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Arkansas has 221 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 121 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.67 hours per resident per day, 15% above the US average of 2.32, and 49.5% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Arkansas averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Little Rock (15), Hot Springs (8), Fort Smith (7). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Alma (1)
- Arkadelphia (2)
- Ashdown (2)
- Ash Flat (2)
- Atkins (1)
- Barling (1)
- Batesville (3)
- Beebe (1)
- Bella Vista (2)
- Benton (4)
- Bentonville (2)
- Berryville (1)
- Blytheville (1)
- Booneville (1)
- Brinkley (1)
- Bryant (2)
- Cabot (3)
- Calico Rock (1)
- Camden (3)
- Carlisle (1)
- Cave City (1)
- Centerton (1)
- Charleston (1)
- Clarksville (1)
- Clinton (1)
- Conway (5)
- Corning (1)
- Crossett (2)
- Danville (1)
- Dardanelle (1)
- De Queen (1)
- Dermott (1)
- Des Arc (1)
- De Witt (2)
- Dierks (1)
- El Dorado (5)
- England (1)
- Eureka Springs (1)
- Fairfield Bay (1)
- Fayetteville (5)
- Flippin (1)
- Fordyce (1)
- Forrest City (1)
- Fort Smith (7)
- Gassville (1)
- Glenwood (1)
- Gosnell (1)
- Greenbrier (1)
- Greenwood (1)
- Harrisburg (1)
- Harrison (3)
- Hazen (1)
- Heber Springs (2)
- Helena (1)
- Hope (1)
- Hot Springs (8)
- Hot Springs Village (1)
- Huntsville (1)
- Jacksonville (1)
- Jasper (1)
- Jonesboro (4)
- Judsonia (1)
- Lake City (1)
- Lake Village (1)
- Little Rock (15)
- Lonoke (2)
- Magnolia (2)
- Malvern (2)
- Manila (1)
- Marianna (1)
- Marion (1)
- Marked Tree (1)
- Marshall (1)
- Maumelle (1)
- McCrory (1)
- Melbourne (1)
- Mena (1)
- Monette (1)
- Monticello (2)
- Morrilton (1)
- Mountain Home (3)
- Mountain View (1)
- Mount Ida (1)
- Murfreesboro (1)
- Nashville (2)
- Newport (2)
- North Little Rock (5)
- Osceola (1)
- Ozark (1)
- Paragould (2)
- Paris (1)
- Perryville (1)
- Piggott (1)
- Pine Bluff (3)
- Pocahontas (2)
- Prairie Grove (1)
- Prescott (2)
- Rector (1)
- Rison (1)
- Rogers (7)
- Russellville (3)
- Salem (1)
- Searcy (2)
- Sheridan (1)
- Sherwood (1)
- Siloam Springs (1)
- Springdale (6)
- Stamps (1)
- Star City (1)
- Stuttgart (1)
- Taylor (1)
- Texarkana (3)
- Trumann (1)
- Van Buren (3)
- Waldron (1)
- Walnut Ridge (2)
- Warren (1)
- West Memphis (2)
- White Hall (1)
- Wynne (2)
- Yellville (1)
Largest nursing home chains in Arkansas
CMS links 181 of Arkansas's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in AR | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Central Arkansas Nursing Centers | 35 | 38 |
| Southern Administrative Services | 35 | 35 |
| Anthony & Bryan Adams | 34 | 38 |
| The Springs Arkansas | 26 | 26 |
| The Blossoms Rehab & Nursing Center | 23 | 23 |
| Crestpark | 6 | 6 |
| NHS Management | 5 | 43 |
| Nightingale | 5 | 5 |
| Stein LTC | 3 | 4 |
| Continuum Healthcare | 2 | 13 |
| James & Judy Lincoln | 2 | 56 |
| Marsh Pointe Management | 2 | 6 |
| Bradford Montgomery | 1 | 11 |
| Cavalier Healthcare | 1 | 4 |
| Pointe Management | 1 | 12 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release