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IGNITE MEDICAL RESORTS

Ownership rollup across 22 nursing homes in 6 states: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas. The "follow the money" view of an operator’s whole portfolio — the pattern a single facility page can’t show.

Insights

The chain’s homes average 2.7 of 5 stars on the CMS overall rating — roughly in line with the ~2.7 average of the 6 states it operates in. It is improving: across the same 21 homes rated throughout, the average rose 0.19 stars between 2025-02 and 2026-06. We benchmark against its own states because CMS ranks the health-inspection star within each state, so a national comparison (national average ~3.0) partly measures where a chain operates rather than how it operates.

22
Homes in this chain
1,997
Certified beds91 per home on average
84%
Occupied1,670 residents a day across 1,997 beds
+0.19
Star changeacross the 21 homes rated throughout · 2025-02 to 2026-06
6
States covered
2.7
Average CMS ratingacross 21 of 22 homes CMS rates · ~2.7 in its states · ~3.0 nationally

Where the rating comes from

The CMS overall star blends three different things. Split apart across the whole portfolio, they say different things about an operator: thin staffing is a budget decision made above the building, while a weak inspection score is what surveyors actually found inside it.

ComponentChain averageBasis
Health inspection2.4 of 521 rated homesstate surveyors’ findings, ranked within each state
Staffing1.9 of 521 rated homesfrom payroll (PBJ) hours
Quality measures4.4 of 521 rated homeslargely self-reported clinical data

Averaged across this chain’s rated homes. Health-inspection stars are assigned within each state’s own distribution, so for a chain spanning several states this component mixes distributions and is best read alongside each home’s actual citations.

Portfolio red flags

How many of this chain’s homes carry the most serious CMS markers. One flagged home can be local; a pattern across the portfolio is an operator-level signal worth researching.

6 with immediate-jeopardy citations1 Special-Focus candidates11 with federal fines

Follow the money — chain finances

Aggregated from each home’s CMS Medicare cost report (HCRIS). Related-party payments are dollars a home sends to landlords or management companies under common ownership — the main channel through which private-equity and REIT owners can pull money out of a home while its own books still show a thin margin.

$40.4M
Related-party expensesummed across 17 homes · FY2023–2024 cost reports
19%
of operating expensegoes to related companies, across the 17 homes reporting both figures
-2.6%
Operating marginrevenue-weighted across 21 homes with a cost report
$579K
Total federal fines11 homes fined

Only homes with a cost report on file are included, so the related-party total is a floor. Cost reports are self-filed, unaudited, and a year or two behind.

Who pays — share of resident-days across this chain
Medicaid 15%Medicare 34%Other / private 51%

Weighted by each home’s average daily census, across the 20 of 22 homes that report both a usable payer mix and a census. Homes whose cost report fails the same validity check the facility pages apply are left out of this figure entirely rather than counted as zero.

Every home in this chain

Lowest-rated first, so the homes most worth a closer look sit at the top. Each links to its full inspection, staffing, fines, and ownership record.

HomeCMS ratingFlags
Ignite Medical Resort ChestertonChesterton, IN 1 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Dyer LLCDyer, IN 1 of 5$8,281 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Carondelet LLCKansas City, MO 1 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Norman, LLCNorman, OK 1 of 52 immediate-jeopardy $16,660 fined
Ignite Medical Resort El Paso, LLCEl Paso, TX 1 of 53 immediate-jeopardy SFF candidate $67,425 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Sugar Land, LLCSugar Land, TX 1 of 53 immediate-jeopardy $137,052 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLCCrown Point, IN 2 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Overland Park LLCOverland Park, KS 2 of 5$6,942 fined
Ignite Medical Resort St Marys LLCBlue Springs, MO 2 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Okc, LLCOklahoma City, OK 2 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Fort Worth, LLCFort Worth, TX 2 of 54 immediate-jeopardy $141,703 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Round Rock, LLCAustin, TX 2 of 55 immediate-jeopardy $63,733 fined
Ignite Medical McHenryMcHenry, IL 3 of 52 immediate-jeopardy $62,153 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Kansas City, LLCKansas City, MO 3 of 5$6,368 fined
Ignite Medical Resort San Antonio, LLCSan Antonio, TX 3 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Katy, LLCKaty, TX 4 of 5$51,914 fined
Ignite Medical Hanover ParkHanover Park, IL 5 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Blue SpringsBlue Springs, MO 5 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Adams ParcBartlesville, OK 5 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort Tulsa, LLCTulsa, OK 5 of 5$16,772 fined
Ignite Medical Resort Webster, LLCWebster, TX 5 of 5
Ignite Medical Resort St PetersSaint Peters, MONot rated
Read this as a floor, not a verdict. CMS chain and ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties, and a low chain average can hide strong individual homes (or vice-versa). Use it to know which questions to ask — then read each home’s actual inspection record and confirm current ownership with your state licensing agency.

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 30 August 2026; CMS refreshes them monthly, so counts here are as of that date. Verify with the facility and your state regulator.