Nursing Home Database — MCP

Public documentation for the Nursing Home Database Model Context Protocol server. It exposes US nursing facility search, detail, ownership, and owner portfolio data to AI assistants and other MCP clients.

Website: nursinghomedatabase.com
Contact: Contact page
Laravel controller: Laravel13/app/Http/Controllers/NursingHome/NhdApiController.php

MCP endpoint


Transport	Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTPS)
URL	`https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp`
Auth	None required (public access)
Server name	`nhd-mcp`

Send a standard MCP session: initialize → notifications/initialized (optional; may receive HTTP 204) → tools/list → tools/call as needed.

Tools

`search_facilities`

Search nursing facilities by name, geography, or distance from a free-form address.

Parameter	Type	Description
`q`	string	Free-text search term
`address`	string	Origin address for distance search (e.g. `150 Corporate Woods Drive, Magnolia, TX 77354`)
`city`	string	City filter
`state`	string	State filter
`zip`	string	ZIP code filter
`radius_miles`	number	Distance radius; defaults to `25` when `address` is provided
`sort`	string	Use `distance` to sort nearest-first when using address-based search
`limit`	integer	Max results
`offset`	integer	Pagination offset

If the supplied address cannot be resolved, the API returns an address-specific validation error.

`get_facility`

Get one facility by CMS provider number (provnum) or site slug.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	Provider number or web slug

`get_facility_ownership`

Get ownership records for one facility.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	Provider number or web slug

`search_owners`

Search owners by name.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`q`	string	yes	Owner name search term
`limit`	integer	no	Max results
`offset`	integer	no	Pagination offset

`get_owner`

Get an owner portfolio by web_owner slug.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`web_owner`	string	yes	Owner slug identifier

`get_data_freshness`

Return latest CMS source dataset dates and row counts. No parameters.

MCP Registry

Listed in the official MCP Registry as com.nursinghomedatabase/mcp.

Registry manifest: server.json
Search: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=com.nursinghomedatabase

REST API (same backend)

JSON discovery APIs are also available under the main site:

GET https://www.nursinghomedatabase.com/api/v1/nh/capabilities
GET https://www.nursinghomedatabase.com/api/v1/nh/facilities?address=...&radius_miles=10&sort=distance

MCP and REST share the same underlying data layer.

Example: Cursor / IDE config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nursing-home-database": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.nursinghomedatabase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

License and data

Data is derived from public CMS and related sources. Use is subject to the terms published on nursinghomedatabase.com.