About Placet
A care directory with nothing to sell you.
Placet is a free, transparent directory of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, inpatient rehab centers, and more — powered entirely by CMS public data. We exist because the current system is designed to sell placements, not protect patients.
Who it's for
Navigating post-hospital placement under time pressure — often within 24–48 hours of a discharge decision.
Discharge planners and case managers who need quick, unbiased quality data to recommend safe options.
Professionals who manage ongoing care transitions and need a shared, collaborative shortlist tool.
Our principles
CMS data, nothing else
Every rating, inspection score, staffing ratio, and penalty record comes directly from Medicare's Care Compare datasets. We don't manufacture trust signals or wrap real data in AI-generated summaries.
Zero referral fees — ever
The senior care directory industry charges facilities up to 100% of a resident's first month's rent as a placement fee. We charge nothing. Facilities cannot pay for a better ranking, a badge, or preferred placement.
Built for Medicaid families too
Referral platforms quietly deprioritize families who don't generate a commission. We surface every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facility equally, because patient safety doesn't depend on ability to pay.
Clinical perspective on quality
We surface the metrics that actually predict patient safety: staffing ratios vs. CMS expectations, inspection severity, complaint trends, penalty history, and Special Focus Facility status — not star ratings alone.
Where it comes from
Placet was founded by a preventive medicine physician at Fishtown Medicine in Philadelphia. The impetus was clinical: watching patients discharge from the hospital into facilities chosen from pay-to-play directories, then returning weeks later sicker than when they left — pressure ulcers, infections, falls.
The billion-dollar senior care directory industry (A Place for Mom, Caring.com, and others) charges facilities $3,000–$12,000 per placement as a referral fee. Those costs are passed on to residents. And the platforms quietly deprioritize families who won't generate a commission. Placet doesn't participate in that system.
We use the same government data those platforms license — CMS Care Compare, the Payroll-Based Journal staffing system, penalty and enforcement records — and present it without manufactured trust signals or paid placement.
Our data
All facility information comes from CMS public datasets. Rankings are based on CMS Provider Data only. Data may be delayed by weeks or months — verify current details directly with each facility before making a decision.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or feedback: hello@fishtownmedicine.com
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