The Blossoms At Fort Smith Rehab & Nursing Center

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.

Met the expected recovery: 56.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 25 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.09 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 5% 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 130 beds and averages 119.8 residents a day — about 92% occupied, or roughly 10 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. 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 3.25 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.26 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.27 is below 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 2.81 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.42 on weekdays — 18% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.27 to 0.23 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 57% is well above 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 fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. 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.

30 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 19 are one tap away and print in full.

• Actual harm · Gcited before2025-01-08 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, record review, facility document review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure staff used safe laundry transport techniques to prevent accidents for 1 (Resident #1) of 11 residents reviewed for accidents and hazards. Findings include: A review of a facility policy titled, Resident Rights, dated 11/01/2022, indicated residents have a right to a safe environment. A review of Resident #1's admission Record, indicated the facility admitted Resident #1 with diagnoses which included generalized anxiety disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, abnormal gait and mobility, abnormal auditory perception, lack of coordination, cognitive communication, and a history of falls. The quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS), with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 12/02/2024, revealed Resident #1 had a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) score of 9 which indicated the resident was had moderate cognitive impairment. A review of Resident # 1's Care Plan, revisions as of 01/06/2025, revealed the resident was at risk for falls. Interventions…

  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 · D2025-09-19 · tag F0554 — isolated
  Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Number of residents sampled:1Number of residents cited:1Based on observations, interviews, record review, facility document review, facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure a resident was not allowed to self- administer their medications for 1 (Resident #7) of 6 sampled residents (R#1, R#7, R#13, R#16 R#30 and R#72) who reside in a secure neighborhood.Findings include:Based on observations, record review, interviews, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure a resident was clinically appropriate to self- administer medications for one (Resident #7) of six residents reviewed. The findings include: During an observation on 09/15/2025 at 1:30 PM, Resident #7 was lying in bed. As they talked to this surveyor they reached into their bedside table drawer and got out a box, with a prescription label on it, which contained a nasal spray, they then placed it back in the drawer. During a concurrent observation and interview on 09/16/2025 at 9:04 AM, Resident #7 was sitting on their bed as they talked with this…

  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 · Dcited before2025-09-19 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Number of residents sampled:1Number of residents cited:1Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, facility records and policy review the facility failed to ensure physician orders were consistently implemented for 1 (resident #111) of 1 final sample resident reviewed for position and mobility. The findings are:Based on observations, record review, and interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure Physician Orders were consistently implemented for one (Resident #111) of one resident reviewed for position and mobility. The findings include: During an observation on 09/15/2025 at 1:19 PM, this surveyor observed Resident #111 sitting up in a chair in the residents' room after lunch. Resident #111's left hand was closed tightly with their thumb between the first and second finger and the arm was held close to the body. No handroll or splint was observed in the hand. A basket sitting in the room on a shelf held both a Handroll Carrot [a carrot shaped soft fabric device held within the hand to prevent contracture] and a splint [a device with hook and loop straps…

  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 · D2025-09-19 · tag F0759 — failed to keep medication error rate low — isolated
  Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Number of residents sampled:3Number of residents cited:2Based on observations of the 8:00 AM medication administration, interviews, record reviews and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure medications were administered according to the physician's orders for 2 (residents #30 and #85) of 3 residents who were observed during medication administration.The findings are:Based on observations, interviews, record reviews and facility policy reviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure medications were administered according to the physician's orders for two (Resident #30 and Resident #85) of three residents who were observed during medication administration, resulting in two medication errors in thirty-six opportunities, with a total error rate of 5.56%. The findings include: Resident #85 During an observation and concurrent interview on 09/17/2025 at 8:09 AM, LPN #3 gathered Resident #85's medication cards and bottles, checked them with the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), withdrew one multivitamin tablet from its bottle, and…

  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.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-09-19 · tag F0760 — failed to prevent significant medication errors — isolated
  Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Number of residents sampled:1Number of residents cited:1Based on observation of the 8:00 AM medication administration, interviews, record reviews and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure that an insulin pen was prepared and administered according to manufacturer's instructions for 1 (resident #30) of 1 resident observed for insulin administration. The findings are: Based on observation, interviews, record reviews and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that an insulin pen was prepared and administered according to manufacturer's instructions for one (Resident #30) of one resident observed for insulin administration. The findings include: During an observation of medication administration on 09/18/2025 at 8:06 AM for Resident #30, this surveyor observed Registered Nurse (RN) #4 placed a needle on the Aspart flex pen insulin. RN #4 then dialed up two units and while holding the pen horizontally, depressed the plunger toward the medication cart, nothing was observed exiting the insulin pen. RN #4 then dialed up the sliding scale…

  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.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-09-19 · 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

  Number of residents sampled:5Number of residents cited:1Based on observations, interviews, facility in-services, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to follow proper infection control precautions during wound care for 1 (Resident #79) of 5 residents reviewed for infection control.Findings include:Based on observations, record review, interviews, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to follow proper infection control precautions during wound care for one (Resident #79) of five residents reviewed for infection control. The findings include: During a concurrent observation and interview on 09/17/2025 at 10:31AM, signage for Enhanced Barrier Precaution (EBP) was hanging on Resident 79's door. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1 came to Resident #79's room and entered with wound care supplies on a sterile tray. LPN #1 sat the tray with supplies on the bedside table and placed a red biohazard bag at the end of the resident's bed. LPN #1 applied gloves and proceeded to take off Resident #79's shoes. LPN #1 did not wash…

  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
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-16 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as 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 record review and interview, the facility failed to coordinate with the State Designated Authority. Specifically, the facility failed to notify the State Designated Authority when one (Resident #3) of one sampled resident was admitted on [DATE] and failed to request the level II PASARR (Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review) to ensure Resident #3 was receiving all recommended care and services. The findings include: A review of the resident ' s Medical Diagnosis revealed Resident #3 had diagnoses that included catatonic schizophrenia, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. A review of the quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 01/21/2025, Section A1600 and 1805 revealed resident was admitted from a Psychiatric facility on 01/15/2025. The Staff Assessment for Mental Status (SAMS) revealed Resident #3 had long and short-term memory problems, and Section C1000 revealed Resident #3's cognitive skills for daily decision making were severely impaired. Section E0900 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.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-16 · tag F0850 — failed to provide social-work services — isolated
  Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, the facility failed to hire a certified Social Worker with a bachelor ' s degree in social work or a Human Services-related field and at least one year of supervised social work experience in a healthcare setting when the number of beds in the facility exceeded 120. The findings are: During an interview on 04/16/2025 at 11:42 AM, the Administrator indicated that the facility had one hundred and thirty (130) physical beds, and one hundred and seven (107) residents. The Administrator indicated that the facility should have a certified Social Worker if there were more than one hundred and twenty (120) beds. The Administrator indicated that the Social Worker was not certified. The Administrator also indicated that the facility increased to over one hundred and twenty (120) beds in July 2024. During an interview on 04/16/25 at 11:50 AM, the Social Services staff member indicated that she had been employed at the facility for two and a half years. The Social Services staff member indicated that she did not have formal education or certification in social work. 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 · E2025-03-18 · tag F0609 — failed to report abuse allegations — pattern
  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, record review, facility document review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure staff reported allegations of verbal abuse to the Administrator within two hours of the allegation being made for 2 (Residents #2 and #3) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for abuse and/or neglect. The findings include: 1. A review of a facility policy titled, Abuse, Neglect, and exploitation revised on 12/2022 indicated, We are committed to the safety and well-being of all our residents. We believe that the resident has the right to be free from verbal abuse .The facility's goal is to prevent abuse through annual and ongoing in-service of staff .The facility has developed policies and procedures which provide essential components to an abuse prevention and intervention program. 1. Screening of potential hires .2. Training staff annually and on an ongoing basis in interventions, reporting detection, and prevention. 6. Protection for individuals from abuse during investigation of allegations. 7. Reporting/Response-assurance that incidents are…

  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.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-01-08 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews, record review, facility document review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain dignity by supplying toilet paper and paper towels for 1 (Resident #10) of 1 resident reviewed for resident rights with the potential to affect all 24 residents residing on the women's secured unit. Findings include: A review of a facility policy titled, Resident Rights, dated 11/01/2022, indicated residents had a right to a dignified existence and be treated with respect, kindness, and dignity. During an observation on 01/06/2025 at 4:30 PM, neither of two stalled bathrooms on the locked women's unit had toilet paper or paper towels available. Both bathrooms had signs on the paper towel dispenser which stated, NO PAPER TOWELS. A review of Resident #10's admission Record, indicated the facility admitted Resident #10 with diagnoses that included intellectual disabilities, mental disorder due to know physiological condition, psychosis, schizophrenia, and anxiety. The quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS), with an Assessment Reference…

  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 · E2025-01-08 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  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 observations, interviews, record review, facility document review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure safe wheelchair transport techniques were used for 1 resident (Resident #6) and cigarettes were stored out of residents access for 1 resident (Resident #11) of 11 residents reviewed; the facility failed to ensure the women's secure unit shower was clean, sanitary, and decluttered; failed to repair broken tile in the doorway of room [ROOM NUMBER]; and the facility failed to ensure an employee's cigarettes were not securely stored away from residents of the 200 Hall and 300 Hall for 4 halls reviewed; and failed to provide adequate number of fitted sheets for resident beds in the men's secured unit when reviewed for a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment. Findings include: 1. A review of a facility policy titled, Resident Rights, dated 11/01/2022, indicated residents had a right to a safe, clean, homelike environment including but not limited to…

  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

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to THE BLOSSOMS REHAB & NURSING CENTER — 23 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 5 rows in the source record cover these 4 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 83% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $585K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2024. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2024). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in AR