Wheatridge Care 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.

61.1% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 40 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.17 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 16% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 10% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. 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 65 beds and averages 54.0 residents a day — about 83% occupied, or roughly 11 beds typically open. It usually has some room. 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 3.34 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.63 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.92 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 3.12 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.44 on weekdays — 9% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.70 to 0.45 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 50% is about the same as 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 more than at the previous inspection — worsening. 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.

21 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 10 are one tap away and print in full.

• Actual harm · G2025-06-12 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the residents environment remained as free of accident hazards as possible and ensured adequate supervision was provided for one (#18) of five residents reviewed out of 32 sample residents. Resident #18, who was at risk for falls related to weakness, multiple sclerosis (an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system) and a history of falls, was admitted to the facility on [DATE] for a long-term care stay due to the progressive nature of her illness. Per the resident's care plan, she required total staff assistance for activities of daily living (ADL), including showers. Resident #18 experienced an unwitnessed fall on 4/16/25 when she was left unsupervised in the main shower room, resulting in a fracture of her right femur. Specifically, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision for Resident #18 during her shower, which resulted in Resident #18 falling and sustaining a fracture of her right distal femur, which required…

  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 · Past Non-Compliance
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2025-06-12 · tag F0882 — widespread
  Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to employ an infection control preventionist (ICP) who had completed specialized training in infection prevention and control which had the potential to affect all residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey. Specifically, the facility failed to maintain an onsite and/or at least part-time infection control preventionist to properly assess, develop, implement, monitor, and manage the infection prevention and control program. Findings include: A. Facility policy and procedure The Infection Preventionist policy, revised September 2022, was provided by the regional clinical resource (RCR) on 6/16/25 at 3:56 p.m. It read in pertinent part, The infection preventionist was responsible for coordinating the implementation and updating of the infection prevention and control program. Responsibilities included the following: The infection preventionist or designee coordinates the development and monitoring of the infection control program. The infection preventionist reports information related to compliance with 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.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-06-12 · tag F0605 — failed to not use drugs as a restraint — pattern
  Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
  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 interviews, the facility failed to ensure three (#17, #51 and #7) of six residents were free from chemical restraints were receiving the least restrictive approach for their needs out of 32 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure Resident #17's behavior care plan had resident specific non-pharmacological care approaches; -Document consistent behaviors for Resident #17, Resident #51 and Resident #7 to justify the continued use of psychotropic medications; and, -Document resident specific care approaches, to include medication specific target behaviors and person-centered interventions for Resident #51 and Resident #7's psychotropic medications. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Psychopharmacological policy, dated 3/10/23, was provided by the regional clinical resource (RCR) on 6/16/25 at 3:56 p.m. It read in pertinent part, The care plan will include the resident's focus and target behaviors for the medication. Realistic and measurable goals…

  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 before2025-06-12 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — pattern
  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
  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, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure services met professional standards of practice for four (#41, #111, #261 and #264) of 13 residents out of 32 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure medications were not left at residents' bedsides and nurses monitored residents when they took their medications. Findings include: I. Professional reference According to [NAME] and [NAME], Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care (2015), retrieved on 6/17/25 from https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingskills/chapter/15-2-basic-concepts-of-administering-medications/#:~:text=The%20scope%20of%20practice%20regarding,in%20Open%20RN%20Nursing%20Pharmacology revealed, in pertinent part, Position the patient receiving oral medication in an upright position to decrease the risk of aspiration (choking). Patients should remain in this position for 30 minutes after medication administration, if possible. Remain with the patient until all medication has been swallowed before…

  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 · E2025-06-12 · tag F0727 — failed to provide required RN coverage — pattern
  Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the facility had a designated registered nurse (RN) acting as the director of nursing (DON). Specifically, the facility failed to have a designated RN as the facility's fulltime DON. Findings include: I. Record review The facility's DON job description, created 12/28/22, was requested on 6/12/25 at 5:14 p.m. The job description was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 6/16/25 (after survey exit) at 4:59 p.m. It read in pertained part, Essential functions: Perform administrative duties such as: completing medical documents, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, evaluate accident/incident reports and implement interdisciplinary solutions, assure adequate supplies are available including but not limited to pharmaceuticals, resident personal supplies and equipment, prepare a plan of care for each resident that identifies the problems/needs, indicate the care to be given, goals to be accomplished and which professional service is responsible for each element of care, and coordinate with outside…

  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.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-06-12 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in the main kitchen and in the dry storage area. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure: -The kitchen was clean and sanitary; -Food was labeled and stored correctly in the walk-in refrigerator, freezer and the dry storage area; and, -Staff wore hairnets in the main kitchen. Findings include: I. Failure to ensure the kitchen was clean and sanitary A. Professional reference The Colorado Retail Food Regulations (3/16/24), was retrieved on 6/16/25. It revealed in pertinent part, Physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Plumbing fixtures such as handwashing sinks, toilets, and urinals shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Floors, floor coverings, walls, wall coverings, and ceilings shall be designed, constructed, and installed so they are smooth and easily cleanable. Receptacles and waste handling units for refuse, recyclables, and returnables shall be kept…

  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.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-06-12 · tag F0742 — isolated
  Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
  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 interviews, the facility failed to ensure two (#51 and #18) of three residents diagnosed with a mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty received appropriate treatment and services to attain the highest practicable mental and psychosocial wellbeing out of 32 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Identify Resident #51 had a history of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in order to monitor for worsening signs and symptoms of depression or suicidal ideation; and, -Address identified psychosocial distress impacting a resident's level of functioning for Resident #18, who expressed fear of showers after a fall with major injury in the shower. Findings include: I. Resident #51 A. Resident status Resident #51, age [AGE], was admitted on [DATE]. According to the June 2025 computerized physician orders (CPO), diagnoses included bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease and dementia. The 3/25/25 minimum data set (MDS) assessment documented the resident was…

  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 · D2025-06-12 · 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

  Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that the medication error rate was not five percent (%) or greater. Specifically, the facility had a medication error rate of 24%, which was six errors out of 25 opportunities for error. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Medication Administration policy, dated 2/29/24, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 6/11/25. It revealed in pertinent part, Observe that the resident swallows oral drugs. Do not leave medications with the resident. II. Medication error observations and interviews On 6/11/25 at 11:30 a.m. registered nurse (RN) #2 was preparing medications for Resident #41. RN #2 dispensed two medications, metoprolol and Lyrica, into a medication cup. She walked to Resident #41's room, handed the medication cup to the resident, told him those were his medications and walked away before the resident had a chance to take his medications. -RN #2 failed to ensure Resident #41 took his medications at the time they were administered. At 11:48 a.m. RN #2 was preparing…

  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 · D2025-06-12 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  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 and interviews, the facility failed to ensure all drugs and biologicals used in the facility were properly stored and labeled in two of three medication carts and one of two medication storage rooms. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure insulin pens were labeled with an open date; and, -Ensure inhalers were stored in a sanitary manner and labeled with resident names. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Medication Storage policy, undated, was provided by the regional clinical resource (RCR) on 6/11/25 at 4:30 p.m. It read in pertinent part, The facility stores all drugs and biologicals in a safe, secure, and orderly manner. Drugs and biologicals used in the facility are stored in locked compartments under proper temperature. Only persons authorized to prepare and administer medications have access to locked medications. Drugs and biologicals are stored in the packaging, containers or other dispensing systems in which they are received. Only the issuing pharmacy is…

  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 before2025-06-12 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment to help prevent the development and transmission of diseases and infection on one of three units. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure the housekeeping staff followed the proper cleaning techniques for cleaning resident rooms and disinfecting high-frequency touched surfaces; and, -Ensure housekeeping staff performed appropriate hand hygiene. Findings include: I. Professional reference According to Assadian O, Harbarth S, Vos M, et al. Practical Recommendations for Routine Cleaning and Disinfection Procedures in Healthcare Institutions: A Narrative Review. The Journal of Hospital Infection. (July 2021); Volume 113, Pages 104-114, retrieved on 6/21/25 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33744383/, High-touch surfaces, on the other hand, are usually close to the patient, are frequently touched by the patient or nursing staff, come into contact…

  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 · Fcited before2023-10-19 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. Specifically, the facility failed to develop a maintenance program to ensure environmental concerns in the kitchen, dish room and the dry storage room were identified and corrected in a timely manner. Findings include: I. Facility policies and procedures The Maintenance Service policy, revised December 2009, was provided by the director of clinical services (DCS) on 10/19/23 at 9:32 a.m. The policy revealed maintenance services should be provided to all areas of the building, grounds and equipment. The maintenance department was responsible for maintaining the buildings, grounds, and equipment in a safe and operable manner at all times. The maintenance personnel were to maintain the building in compliance with current federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines. The maintenance director was responsible for maintaining records/reports related to the inspection of the building, work order requests 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.

  Nutrition and Dietary 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

$20,616 in federal fines across 2 penalties.

• $8,758 — penalty dated 2025-06-12
• $11,858 — penalty dated 2023-12-26

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to VIVAGE SENIOR LIVING — 6 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 6 rows in the source record cover these 5 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 76% 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 $606K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. 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, FY2023). 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 CO