data.cms.gov: week 2026-W31
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Change this week
- New this week
- 0
- Fixed this week
- 1
- Regressed this week
- 2
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| Issue | Severity | Pages | Who it affects | How to fix | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 1376 | — | Put the banner landmark (<header>) at the top level, not nested inside another landmark. | pages (CSV) |
| Text has minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 (WCAG 1.4.8) (rule↗) | Moderate | 1172 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r73 | pages (CSV) |
| Target size is at least 44×44 CSS pixels (Enhanced) (WCAG 2.5.5) (rule↗) | Moderate | 1150 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r111 | pages (CSV) |
| Scrollable region must have keyboard access (WCAG 2.1.1) (rule↗) | Serious | 613 | Without vision, Limited manipulation/strength | Make scrollable regions keyboard-focusable (tabindex="0") so keyboard users can scroll them. | pages (CSV) |
| Text has enhanced contrast (WCAG 1.4.6) (rule↗) | Moderate | 699 | — | Increase text contrast to meet WCAG AAA (7:1). | pages (CSV) |
| First focusable element is link to main content (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 699 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r87 | pages (CSV) |
| Text has sufficient color contrast (Enhanced) (WCAG 1.4.3) (rule↗) | Moderate | 674 | Limited vision, Without color perception | Increase text contrast to meet WCAG AA (4.5:1, or 3:1 for large text). | pages (CSV) |
| aria-hidden element does not contain focusable elements (WCAG 4.1.2) (rule↗) | Moderate | 370 | Without vision, Limited vision | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r17 | pages (CSV) |
Progress
| Week | Critical | Serious | Moderate | Minor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-W24 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 2 |
| 2026-W25 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 2 |
| 2026-W26 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 2 |
| 2026-W27 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 2 |
| 2026-W28 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 2 |
| 2026-W29 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 2 |
| 2026-W30 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 2 |
| 2026-W31 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 2 |
Fixed this week
This week at a glance 40 issue type(s)
- Median axe violations / page
- 1
- Pages with axe violations
- 1407 of 2358
- Median Alfa failures / page
- 55
- Pages with Alfa failures
- 1172 of 1172
- Unique pages audited
- 2358
- Lighthouse performance (median)
- 45/100 details
- Lighthouse SEO (median)
- 92/100
- Lighthouse best practices (median)
- 100/100
- Lighthouse agentic (median)
- 50/100
- Words per page (median)
- 773
- Reading ease (median)
- 8
- Reading grade (median)
- 18
- Misspellings
- 25+ distinct details
- Broken links
- 24 details
- Median page weight
- 2.1 MB +73 KB worse
- Median requests per page
- 83
- Estimated energy per page (mean)
- 1.3317 Wh
Note: page counts differ between weeks (2715 → 2777). Prefer the "pages affected" columns over raw instance counts when comparing.
Scan coverage this week (2777 pages · 2496 succeeded of 2535 attempted)
| Engine | Pages | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| axe | 2358 | 85% |
| resources | 2358 | 85% |
| standards | 1239 | 45% |
| plain-language | 1213 | 44% |
| alfa | 1172 | 42% |
| security | 246 | 9% |
| sustainability | 243 | 9% |
| deprecated-html | 242 | 9% |
| tech | 238 | 9% |
| lighthouse | 234 | 8% |
Changes since 2026-W30 3 change(s)
axe-core
No rule-level changes.
Alfa
- New: sia-r64 appeared this week.
- New: sia-r61 appeared this week.
- Resolved: sia-r43 no longer fails on any scanned page.
Embedded & linked resources
New this week (59)
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_CHOW_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_All_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_CHOW_2026.07.17.zip
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/3b76abb9b6f610373563b5ef08bb0d81_1785024930/Medical-Equipment-Suppliers.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/535db1952768202fd80d81285ae16a65_1784297729/Skilled_Nursing_Facility_Quality_Reporting_Program_National_Data_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/dbae3e97981fb7c29a3fdb15da6e6f12_1784297731/NH_StateUSAverages_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/527910f7b6d2b5cfcc08fde288036ef4_1784297728/NH_QualityMsr_Claims_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/f91aba67f9ba2424395229545d03490c_1784297728/NH_Ownership_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/e41c740e66b8afc774a91a67c15669e6_1784297731/NH_SurveySummary_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/ecdb491bbb58243f1a15861c60346cd4_1784297732/NH_CitationDescriptions_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/8b967157bffc6364d90cec17021dfd46_1784297732/NH_SurveyDates_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/f233d5478d68dfd82920702794e01b64_1784297727/NH_HealthCitations_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/3eef3ea09988f80fb956a356901253ea_1784297732/NH_DataCollectionIntervals_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/81a0d0d0b7cf86c9748b0aed36ff93d0_1784297726/NH_FireSafetyCitations_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/af4322f6ad286ef8e59eb504a0786471_1784297733/NH_HlthInspecCutpointsState_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospice_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_All_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/FQHC_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/FQHC_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_All_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_CHOW_2026.07.17.zip
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/2e456aebd38d1c183e77a8720a267191_1784297730/Skilled_Nursing_Facility_Quality_Reporting_Program_Provider_Data_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospice_Data_Guidance_0.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospice_All_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospice_CHOW_2026.07.17.zip
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_All_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_ADP_Supplemental_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_Owners_ADP_Association_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/ACOREACH_ProviderDataDictionary_2024_508.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/8c48d919e8f2ba1e3e568fbb700922bf_1784297727/NH_QualityMsr_MDS_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/PPEF_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/b260bfaa27393e8b12bfa95d3bb18c96_1784297730/Swing_Bed_SNF_data_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/QDD_PTD_RQ2603_Methodology_20260716_508.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/ee0749ceb45c9c5d2c141343d1c87e2c_1784297729/NH_ProviderInfo_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Medicare%20Quarterly%20Part%20B%20Spending%20by%20Drug%20Methodology_v260716_508.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Medicare%20Part%20B%20Drug%20Quarterly%20Manufacturer%20Drug%20Use%20RQ2603%20V260722.xlsx
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_Additional_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/HHA_Additional_Addresses_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/FQHC_Additional_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/FQHC_Additional_Addresses_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/f9c297e98b3ef88722685e34d0792f29_1784297728/NH_Penalties_Jul2026.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_CHOW_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Hospital_CHOW_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_Enrollments_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_Additional_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_CHOW_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/SNF_CHOW_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/dc8295b9-6570-4ed2-97ed-87d76c6663b1/Hospital_CHOW_Owners_Data_Dictionary.pdf
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_Additional_NPIs_2026.07.17.csv
- https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/RHC_Additional_Addresses_2026.07.17.csv
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| PDF documents | 483 |
| Spreadsheets | 238 |
| Archives (zip, etc.) | 23 |
| Iframes | 10 |
| Word/text documents | 1 |
| Embedded media players | 1 |