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Largest nursing-home companies in the US — and where the money goes

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Most nursing homes belong to a chain, and the chain — not the single building — often sets staffing budgets and where the money goes. A whole portfolio that rates below average, or one moving large sums to related companies, is a pattern worth researching that no single facility page reveals.

We roll every CMS nursing-home record up to the operator level. 591 chains of 3 or more homes are profiled here, covering 10,144 homes. Each chain page shows its average rating, how many of its homes carry immediate-jeopardy or Special Focus flags, aggregate finances including related-party payments, and every home it runs.

Why this matters. Consumer directories stop at the single building. But research into nursing-home quality keeps coming back to who owns the operator — especially private-equity and REIT chains that can route money to affiliated landlords and management companies. CMS under-reports those ties, so treat every count here as a floor.

Largest chains

The operators running the most homes, by facility count. Size isn’t good or bad on its own — it’s the reach of any pattern, good or bad, across the portfolio.

#ChainHomesBedsStatesAvg CMS ratingFlagsRevenueRelated-party $% of opexOperating margin
1THE ENSIGN GROUP34437,581173.2★89 IJ (26%) · 32 abuse (9%)$4.2B$404.1M0%+7.2%
2PACS GROUP27531,274162.9★67 IJ (24%) · 2 SFF (1%) · 29 abuse (11%)$3.9B$276.3M0%+5.3%
3LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA19425,340263.4★26 IJ (13%) · 15 abuse (8%)$2.2B$439.5M0%-1.3%
4GENESIS HEALTHCARE18421,582182.3★70 IJ (38%) · 4 SFF (2%) · 28 abuse (15%)$2.5B$388.8M0%+1.0%
5CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN HEALTHCARE14917,67012.1★76 IJ (51%) · 19 abuse (13%)$822.3M$9.7M0%-12.3%
6TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES PE 4/1271278,45354.2★4 IJ (3%)$1.3B$170.9M0%+3.6%
7SABER HEALTHCARE GROUP12613,56862.9★27 IJ (21%) · 12 abuse (10%)$1.3B$180.8M0%+2.3%
8AVIR HEALTH GROUP REIT 1/11811812,93512.3★70 IJ (59%) · 17 abuse (14%)$675.7M$7.7M0%+3.5%
9COMMUNICARE HEALTH11011,95453.2★37 IJ (34%) · 14 abuse (13%)$1.3B$221.8M0%+3.0%
10PRUITTHEALTH9610,45743.0★23 IJ (24%) · 2 abuse (2%)$907.4M$217.8M0%-4.4%
11LEGACY HEALTHCARE REIT 1/959511,88942.9★20 IJ (21%) · 1 SFF (1%) · 14 abuse (15%)$1.0B$114.6M0%-4.3%
12GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY925,88393.1★17 IJ (18%) · 2 SFF (2%) · 5 abuse (5%)$639.7M$103.9M0%-6.0%
13AMERICAN SENIOR COMMUNITIES908,94813.9★2 IJ (2%) · 5 abuse (6%)$801.7M$112.2M0%-2.6%
14MARQUIS HEALTH SERVICES9012,50493.1★24 IJ (27%) · 11 abuse (12%)$1.4B$217.6M0%-1.1%
15COMPLETE CARE8512,08183.2★33 IJ (39%) · 6 abuse (7%)$1.2B$145.5M0%-3.0%
16CIENA HEALTHCARE/LAUREL HEALTH CARE819,35042.8★12 IJ (15%) · 9 abuse (11%)$996.5M$136.2M0%-4.6%
17SIMCHA HYMAN & NAFTALI ZANZIPER797,98562.7★24 IJ (30%) · 4 abuse (5%)$747.4M$174.2M0%+3.0%
18NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION718,89184.0★12 IJ (17%) · 3 abuse (4%)$900.1M$76.1M0%-1.6%
19INFINITY HEALTHCARE CONSULTING708,72332.1★17 IJ (24%) · 1 SFF (1%) · 16 abuse (23%)$620.9M$90.9M0%-2.3%
20OPCO SKILLED MANAGEMENT688,16642.3★36 IJ (53%) · 15 abuse (22%)$581.6M$87.5M0%-8.1%
21SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE REIT 1/67677,61853.1★15 IJ (22%) · 2 abuse (3%)$677.0M$86.6M0%-4.4%
22WELLSENTIAL HEALTH678,69512.7★29 IJ (43%) · 6 abuse (9%)$533.6M$1.0M0%-7.4%
23FUNDAMENTAL HEALTHCARE667,90562.5★29 IJ (44%) · 1 SFF (2%) · 6 abuse (9%)$572.7M$31.4M0%-4.8%
24FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS646,19814.2★5 IJ (8%)$634.8M$68.4M0%+7.6%
25LIFEWORKS REHAB648,71652.1★26 IJ (41%) · 3 SFF (5%) · 13 abuse (20%)$1.1B$156.4M0%+4.3%
26AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE598,00552.9★11 IJ (19%) · 5 abuse (8%)$949.6M$151.4M0%+0.2%
27NORTH SHORE HEALTHCARE593,88842.7★23 IJ (39%) · 2 abuse (3%)$323.2M$16.6M0%+3.3%
28JAMES & JUDY LINCOLN565,54522.5★12 IJ (21%) · 1 SFF (2%) · 8 abuse (14%)$251.2M$75.3M0%-13.2%
29MEDILODGE535,64613.1★8 IJ (15%) · 7 abuse (13%)$518.8M$77.1M0%-4.4%
30NEXION HEALTH515,38632.2★19 IJ (37%) · 1 SFF (2%) · 5 abuse (10%)$391.1M$16.7M0%-0.6%
31AVIATA HEALTH GROUP506,04512.4★16 IJ (32%) · 7 abuse (14%)$236.1M$18.5M0%-18.0%
32ETHICA HEALTH504,82213.5★6 IJ (12%) · 4 abuse (8%)$358.7M$78.7M0%-6.1%
33BENJAMIN LANDA486,35243.4★9 IJ (19%) · 2 abuse (4%)$727.7M$109.7M0%-6.0%
34DAVID JOHNSON485,21023.3★8 IJ (17%) · 6 abuse (12%)$718.1M$61.0M0%-0.9%
35THE BEEBE FAMILY484,93122.8★8 IJ (17%) · 2 abuse (4%)$443.0M$40.6M0%+3.9%
36CASCADIA HEALTHCARE473,84853.1★6 IJ (13%) · 1 SFF (2%) · 2 abuse (4%)$389.1M$27.5M0%+1.4%
37MONARCH HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT453,42312.2★14 IJ (31%) · 6 abuse (13%)$366.0M$45.1M0%+0.2%
38DIVERSICARE HEALTHCARE444,74452.5★11 IJ (25%) · 1 abuse (2%)$378.6M$30.7M0%+5.5%
39CARE INITIATIVES432,76412.9★10 IJ (23%) · 1 abuse (2%)$236.7M$21.7M0%+4.2%
40EVERGREEN HEALTHCARE GROUP REIT 2/43434,07862.4★9 IJ (21%) · 1 SFF (2%) · 11 abuse (26%)$262.7M$8.3M0%-4.5%
41HILL VALLEY HEALTHCARE435,45261.7★15 IJ (35%) · 7 abuse (16%)$557.2M$56.6M0%-1.5%
42LIFE CARE SERVICES REIT 1/43432,901184.0★5 IJ (12%)$705.3M$10.0M0%-22.8%
43NHS MANAGEMENT435,53032.9★5 IJ (12%) · 2 abuse (5%)$522.2M$196.1M0%-0.5%
44SOVEREIGN HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS435,40733.7★7 IJ (16%) · 3 abuse (7%)$567.8M$32.2M0%+2.8%
45NATIONAL HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES425,50663.2★5 IJ (12%) · 8 abuse (19%)$733.4M$160.5M0%-3.9%
46ACCURA HEALTHCARE412,14142.5★12 IJ (29%) · 2 abuse (5%)$180.8M$8.7M0%-5.2%
47CORPORATE INTERFACE SERVICES403,84412.5★8 IJ (20%) · 6 abuse (15%)$405.3M$38.8M0%-5.8%
48PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE405,23833.0★3 IJ (8%) · 4 abuse (10%)$448.0M$100.2M0%-0.5%
49ANTHONY & BRYAN ADAMS384,10323.7★4 IJ (11%) · 1 abuse (3%)$335.6M$64.4M0%+9.1%
50ASTON HEALTH385,02312.7★5 IJ (13%) · 1 abuse (3%)$473.8M$74.8M0%+6.7%
51AVARDIS HEALTH383,96842.0★14 IJ (37%) · 1 SFF (3%) · 9 abuse (24%)$365.1M$18.9M0%+1.1%
52CENTRAL ARKANSAS NURSING CENTERS384,14523.6★7 IJ (18%) · 1 abuse (3%)$371.9M$70.2M0%+7.9%
53LONGWOOD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION384,42012.1★13 IJ (34%) · 3 abuse (8%)$559.0M$54.7M0%-0.4%
54PRIORITY MANAGEMENT385,05122.9★10 IJ (26%) · 3 abuse (8%)$415.3M$57.4M0%-4.0%
55CANTEX CONTINUING CARE374,39913.1★16 IJ (43%) · 2 abuse (5%)$287.4M$100%-5.2%
56CAREONE375,21743.4★3 IJ (8%) · 1 abuse (3%)$675.3M$103.6M0%-4.2%
57LIBERTY SENIOR LIVING REIT 2/37373,89822.8★10 IJ (27%) · 1 abuse (3%)$393.0M$94.1M0%-5.1%
58CENTERS HEALTH CARE366,45522.2★4 IJ (11%) · 6 abuse (17%)$934.5M$92.7M0%-1.2%
59CIRCLE B ENTERPRISES363,54922.5★6 IJ (17%) · 3 abuse (8%)$173.0M$44.5M0%+0.1%
60GOLD FL TRUST II364,37713.4★11 IJ (31%)$507.9M$4.9M0%+1.8%

Large chains rating furthest below their own states

Chains of 10 or more homes whose portfolio rates furthest below the average of the states they operate in. Two corrections a raw “lowest average” ranking gets wrong. Where they operate: CMS ranks the health-inspection star within each state, so a chain concentrated in a low-rating state is not thereby a worse operator — each is measured against its own states’ average, which is why a 2-star chain in a 3.5-star state outranks a 2-star chain in a 2-star state here. How many homes they run: a 10-home average is roughly three times noisier than a 200-home one, so smaller chains are pulled toward that local expectation before ranking. The average shown is always the raw observed one, with a ±95% interval. What survives both corrections is the investigative lede: a portfolio rating below its own states’ norm, across many homes, points at the operator and not at one unlucky building.

HILL VALLEY HEALTHCARE
43 homes · 6 states · avg 1.7★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 15 IJ (35% of homes) · 7 abuse (16% of homes)
RELIANT CARE MANAGEMENT
34 homes · 2 states · avg 1.2★ ±0.2 · vs ~2.5 avg in its states · 18 IJ (53% of homes) · 2 SFF (6% of homes) · 13 abuse (38% of homes)
ATHENA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
19 homes · 2 states · avg 1.6★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 1 IJ (5% of homes) · 4 abuse (21% of homes)
EASTERN HEALTHCARE GROUP
18 homes · 1 state · avg 1.5★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 7 IJ (39% of homes) · 5 abuse (28% of homes)
EPHRAM LAHASKY
22 homes · 9 states · avg 1.7★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 11 IJ (50% of homes) · 2 SFF (9% of homes) · 3 abuse (14% of homes)
CERTUS HEALTHCARE
14 homes · 2 states · avg 1.6★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 6 IJ (43% of homes) · 1 SFF (7% of homes) · 4 abuse (29% of homes)
THE CHARLY BELLO FAMILY, THE MAZE FAMILY, THE SWAIN FAMILY, & WALTER MYERS
20 homes · 3 states · avg 1.7★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 9 IJ (45% of homes) · 1 SFF (5% of homes) · 8 abuse (40% of homes)
ARCADIA CARE
25 homes · 2 states · avg 1.4★ ±0.3 · vs ~2.6 avg in its states · 15 IJ (60% of homes) · 2 SFF (8% of homes) · 11 abuse (44% of homes)
LONGWOOD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
38 homes · 1 state · avg 2.1★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 13 IJ (34% of homes) · 3 abuse (8% of homes)
MONARCH HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
45 homes · 1 state · avg 2.2★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 14 IJ (31% of homes) · 6 abuse (13% of homes)
EMERALD HEALTHCARE
14 homes · 3 states · avg 1.3★ ±0.3 · vs ~2.7 avg in its states · 8 IJ (57% of homes) · 1 SFF (7% of homes) · 2 abuse (14% of homes)
INFINITY HEALTHCARE CONSULTING
70 homes · 3 states · avg 2.1★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 17 IJ (24% of homes) · 1 SFF (1% of homes) · 16 abuse (23% of homes)
ALLIANCE HEALTH GROUP
13 homes · 1 state · avg 1.5★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.9 avg in its states · 6 IJ (46% of homes) · 2 abuse (15% of homes)
LIFEWORKS REHAB
64 homes · 5 states · avg 2.1★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 26 IJ (41% of homes) · 3 SFF (5% of homes) · 13 abuse (20% of homes)
NEXT STEP HEALTHCARE
14 homes · 1 state · avg 1.7★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 2 IJ (14% of homes) · 1 abuse (7% of homes)
CASCADES HEALTHCARE
19 homes · 4 states · avg 2.0★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 7 IJ (37% of homes) · 4 abuse (21% of homes)
AVENTURA HEALTH GROUP
11 homes · 3 states · avg 1.6★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 6 IJ (55% of homes) · 1 SFF (9% of homes) · 2 abuse (18% of homes)
THE GRAND HEALTHCARE
16 homes · 1 state · avg 1.8★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 7 IJ (44% of homes) · 1 abuse (6% of homes)
PACIFIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS
15 homes · 1 state · avg 1.9★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 5 IJ (33% of homes) · 3 abuse (20% of homes)
AVARDIS HEALTH
38 homes · 4 states · avg 2.0★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.9 avg in its states · 14 IJ (37% of homes) · 1 SFF (3% of homes) · 9 abuse (24% of homes)
POINTE MANAGEMENT
12 homes · 3 states · avg 1.2★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.6 avg in its states · 3 IJ (25% of homes) · 5 abuse (42% of homes)
AVIATA HEALTH GROUP
50 homes · 1 state · avg 2.4★ ±0.3 · vs ~3.3 avg in its states · 16 IJ (32% of homes) · 7 abuse (14% of homes)
THE ORCHARDS MICHIGAN
15 homes · 1 state · avg 1.9★ ±0.7 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 2 IJ (13% of homes) · 3 abuse (20% of homes)
VOLARE HEALTH
16 homes · 3 states · avg 1.8★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 5 IJ (31% of homes) · 2 SFF (12% of homes) · 2 abuse (12% of homes)
CAMPBELL STREET SERVICES PE ties at 2 of 24
24 homes · 3 states · avg 2.1★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 8 IJ (33% of homes) · 1 SFF (4% of homes) · 4 abuse (17% of homes)
YAD HEALTHCARE
13 homes · 3 states · avg 1.7★ ±0.6 · vs ~2.9 avg in its states · 6 IJ (46% of homes) · 1 SFF (8% of homes) · 2 abuse (15% of homes)
FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR LONG-TERM CARE
17 homes · 1 state · avg 2.2★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.3 avg in its states · 7 IJ (41% of homes) · 1 abuse (6% of homes)
LYON HEALTHCARE
12 homes · 2 states · avg 1.8★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 7 IJ (58% of homes) · 1 abuse (8% of homes)
ADVINIACARE
14 homes · 3 states · avg 1.9★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 8 IJ (57% of homes) · 2 abuse (14% of homes)
GENESIS HEALTHCARE
184 homes · 18 states · avg 2.3★ ±0.2 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 70 IJ (38% of homes) · 4 SFF (2% of homes) · 28 abuse (15% of homes)
JOURNEY HEALTHCARE REIT ties at 3 of 33
33 homes · 4 states · avg 1.9★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.8 avg in its states · 7 IJ (21% of homes) · 1 SFF (3% of homes) · 1 abuse (3% of homes)
ELIYAHU MIRLIS
14 homes · 3 states · avg 2.1★ ±0.7 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 6 IJ (43% of homes) · 2 abuse (14% of homes)
UPSTATE SERVICES GROUP
17 homes · 1 state · avg 2.0★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 3 IJ (18% of homes) · 1 SFF (6% of homes) · 2 abuse (12% of homes)
CENTERS HEALTH CARE
36 homes · 2 states · avg 2.2★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 4 IJ (11% of homes) · 6 abuse (17% of homes)
EMPIRE CARE CENTERS
21 homes · 1 state · avg 1.8★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.7 avg in its states · 6 IJ (29% of homes) · 3 abuse (14% of homes)
GOLDWATER CARE
11 homes · 1 state · avg 1.4★ ±0.5 · vs ~2.5 avg in its states · 6 IJ (55% of homes) · 4 abuse (36% of homes)
SERRANO GROUP
11 homes · 1 state · avg 2.0★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 5 IJ (45% of homes) · 3 abuse (27% of homes)
BEACON HEALTH MANAGEMENT
11 homes · 2 states · avg 1.5★ ±0.5 · vs ~2.7 avg in its states · 3 IJ (27% of homes) · 1 abuse (9% of homes)
HARBORVIEW HEALTH SYSTEMS
22 homes · 3 states · avg 2.0★ ±0.3 · vs ~2.9 avg in its states · 6 IJ (27% of homes) · 1 SFF (5% of homes) · 2 abuse (9% of homes)
KADIMA HEALTHCARE GROUP
14 homes · 1 state · avg 1.9★ ±0.7 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 6 IJ (43% of homes) · 1 SFF (7% of homes) · 2 abuse (14% of homes)
AVID HEALTHCARE GROUP
11 homes · 1 state · avg 1.6★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.8 avg in its states · 7 IJ (64% of homes)
LEGACY NURSING & REHABILITATION
11 homes · 2 states · avg 1.5★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.6 avg in its states · 4 IJ (36% of homes) · 3 abuse (27% of homes)
WECARE CENTERS PE ties at 9 of 13
13 homes · 2 states · avg 1.9★ ±0.7 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 5 IJ (38% of homes) · 1 SFF (8% of homes) · 2 abuse (15% of homes)
APERION CARE
33 homes · 2 states · avg 2.0★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.8 avg in its states · 7 IJ (21% of homes) · 10 abuse (30% of homes)
BRIA HEALTH SERVICES
10 homes · 1 state · avg 1.4★ ±0.4 · vs ~2.5 avg in its states · 6 IJ (60% of homes) · 5 abuse (50% of homes)
OPTALIS HEALTH & REHABILITATION
36 homes · 2 states · avg 2.4★ ±0.4 · vs ~3.1 avg in its states · 11 IJ (31% of homes) · 9 abuse (25% of homes)
MAJESTIC CARE
26 homes · 3 states · avg 2.4★ ±0.5 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 5 IJ (19% of homes) · 2 abuse (8% of homes)
LME FAMILY HOLDINGS
15 homes · 4 states · avg 2.1★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.0 avg in its states · 8 IJ (53% of homes)
KALESTA HEALTHCARE GROUP
19 homes · 3 states · avg 2.4★ ±0.7 · vs ~3.2 avg in its states · 6 IJ (32% of homes) · 2 abuse (11% of homes)
THE BLOSSOMS REHAB & NURSING CENTER
23 homes · 1 state · avg 2.7★ ±0.6 · vs ~3.4 avg in its states · 2 IJ (9% of homes) · 3 abuse (13% of homes)

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All 591 chains of three or more homes, alphabetically — the rankings above show only the largest and the lowest-rated.

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Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (nursing-home ratings, deficiencies, penalties, and ownership) and the CMS Medicare cost report (HCRIS) for finances. Chain membership is as reported to CMS. CMS extracts retrieved 11 October 2026; CMS refreshes them monthly, so counts here are as of that date. Verify with the facility and your state regulator.