NORTH SHORE HEALTHCARE
Ownership rollup across 59 nursing homes in 4 states: Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin. The "follow the money" view of an operator’s whole portfolio — the pattern a single facility page can’t show.
The chain’s homes average 2.7 of 5 stars on the CMS overall rating — about 0.3 stars below the ~3.0 average of the 4 states it operates in. A whole portfolio rating below its own states’ norm is a pattern worth researching, not a single-home fluke. It has been broadly flat, moving -0.03 stars across the same 59 homes rated throughout 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.
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.
| Component | Chain average | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health inspection | 2.8 of 5 | 59 rated homes | state surveyors’ findings, ranked within each state |
| Staffing | 3.4 of 5 | 59 rated homes | from payroll (PBJ) hours |
| Quality measures | 2.5 of 5 | 59 rated homes | largely 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.
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.
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.
Weighted by each home’s average daily census, across the all 59 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.
| Home | CMS rating | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Restorative Care CenterHopkins, MN | 1 of 5 | — |
| La Crescent Health ServicesLa Crescent, MN | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Rochester Restorative Care CenterRochester, MN | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $387,209 fined |
| Minot Health And Rehab, LLCMinot, ND | 1 of 5 | Abuse flag $39,212 fined |
| Elroy Health ServicesElroy, WI | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $33,320 fined |
| Florence Health ServicesFlorence, WI | 1 of 5 | — |
| Little Chute Health ServicesLittle Chute, WI | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $37,992 fined |
| Plymouth Health ServicesPlymouth, WI | 1 of 5 | — |
| Sheboygan Progressive Health ServicesSheboygan, WI | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Williams Bay Health ServicesWilliams Bay, WI | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Wisconsin Rapids Health ServicesWisconsin Rapids, WI | 1 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy $74,861 fined |
| Whitewater Health ServicesSt Charles, MN | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $16,452 fined |
| Birch Hill Health ServicesShawano, WI | 2 of 5 | — |
| Colonial Health ServicesColby, WI | 2 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $22,191 fined |
| Evergreen Health ServicesShawano, WI | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $14,020 fined |
| Green Bay Health ServicesGreen Bay, WI | 2 of 5 | — |
| Heritage Health ServicesPort Washington, WI | 2 of 5 | $17,170 fined |
| Lake Country Health ServicesOconomowoc, WI | 2 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy $120,868 fined |
| Lancaster Health ServicesLancaster, WI | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Maple Ridge Health ServicesMilwaukee, WI | 2 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $14,433 fined |
| Menomonee Falls Health ServicesMenomonee Falls, WI | 2 of 5 | $214,308 fined |
| Mineral Point Health ServicesMineral Point, WI | 2 of 5 | Abuse flag |
| Soldiers Grove Health ServicesSoldiers Grove, WI | 2 of 5 | — |
| Stevens Point Health ServicesStevens Point, WI | 2 of 5 | — |
| Sunrise Health ServicesMilwaukee, WI | 2 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy $113,910 fined |
| Three Oaks Health ServicesMarshfield, WI | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $31,778 fined |
| Tomahawk Health ServicesTomahawk, WI | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Willowcrest Health ServicesSouth Milwaukee, WI | 2 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $21,285 fined |
| Cedarburg Health ServicesCedarburg, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Court Manor Health ServicesAshland, WI | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $40,590 fined |
| Hayward Health ServicesHayward, WI | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $12,649 fined |
| Homestead Health ServicesNew Holstein, WI | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $79,927 fined |
| Mercy Health ServicesMilwaukee, WI | 3 of 5 | $47,753 fined |
| Morningside Health ServicesSheboygan, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Oakwood Health ServicesAltoona, WI | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $36,552 fined |
| Randolph Health ServicesRandolph, WI | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $49,572 fined |
| Rib Lake Health ServicesRib Lake, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| River's Bend Health ServicesManitowoc, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Riverview Health ServicesTomahawk, WI | 3 of 5 | $5,286 fined |
| Sheboygan Health ServicesSheboygan, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| St Francis Health ServicesSaint Francis, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Sturgeon Bay Health ServicesSturgeon Bay, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Wausau Manor Health ServicesWausau, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Willowdale Health ServicesNew Holstein, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Wisconsin Dells Health ServicesWisconsin Dells, WI | 3 of 5 | — |
| Ashland Health ServicesAshland, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Delavan Health ServicesDelavan, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Hamilton Health ServicesTwo Rivers, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Lake Mills Health ServicesLake Mills, WI | 4 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $120,900 fined |
| Meadow View Health ServicesSheboygan, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Monroe Health ServicesMonroe, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| North Shore Healthcare at MarshfieldMarshfield, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Shawano Health ServicesShawano, WI | 4 of 5 | — |
| Menominee Health ServicesMenominee, MI | 5 of 5 | — |
| Cornell Health ServicesCornell, WI | 5 of 5 | — |
| Ellsworth Health ServicesEllsworth, WI | 5 of 5 | — |
| Hammond Health ServicesHammond, WI | 5 of 5 | — |
| Kewaunee Health ServicesKewaunee, WI | 5 of 5 | — |
| Twin Ports Health ServicesSuperior, WI | 5 of 5 | — |
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.