Athens Post Acute LLC

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: 50.0% 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 24 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 0.17 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 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 60 beds and averages 51.4 residents a day — about 86% occupied, or roughly 9 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 3.482 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.53 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.11 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 2.82 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.75 on weekdays — 25% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 0.61 to 0.34 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 58% 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.

16 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 6 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · F2023-11-30 · tag F0727 — failed to provide required RN coverage — widespread
  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 staff interviews and facility job description review, it was determined that the facility failed to designate a registered nurse to serve as the director of nursing (DON) on a full time basis. The findings include: On 11/29/23 at 2:20 pm, an interview was conducted with the Director of Nursing who was asked how long she has worked for the facility. She stated, I started Monday, November 27 of this week. When asked what her title is she stated, I'm Director of Nursing. She was asked how many hours she works as the Director of Nursing. She stated, I work at least 40 hours. I'm also Director of Nursing at our other facility, (facility named). She was asked if she divides her time between the two facilities. She stated, I'm expected to be at each facility each day, for whatever hours are needed. She was asked what her duties are as Director of Nursing. She stated, I oversee the nursing process. I report to the administrator. I ensure the nursing staff are following the policies and the CMS regulations. I provide staff training for on-boarding and ongoing in-services. I'm also…

  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 · Fcited before2023-11-30 · 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, staff interviews, facility document review, and facility policy and procedure review, the facility failed to properly store food with the potential to affect all residents who consumed foods from the facility. Opened bundles of bread stored on the bread rack were not sealed and date marked. Food handling and sanitation is important in health care settings serving nursing home residents. Unsafe food handling practices represent a potential source of pathogen exposure. The findings include: A tour of the kitchen was conducted on 11/27/2023 at 10:05 a.m. During the tour, no date markings were observed on two open bundles of bread located on the bread rack in the dry storage room. Another observation was made on 11/28/2023 at 9:20 a.m. At that time, eight open bundles of bread were observed on the bread rack in the dry storage room with no date marking. (Photographic evidence obtained) A follow-up tour of the kitchen was conducted on 11/29/2023 at 10:35 a.m. Six open bundles of bread were observed on the bread rack in the dry storage room with no date marking.…

  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 · E2023-11-30 · tag F0565 — failed to support the resident council — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff and resident interviews, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to provide the resident group with a private space for 8 out of 12 residents sampled. A resident group is defined as a group of residents that meets regularly to: Discuss and offer suggestions about facility policies and procedures affecting residents' care, treatment, and quality of life; Support each other; Plan resident and family activities; Participate in educational activities; or For any other purpose. The findings include: On 11/27/23 at 11:30 am, the Activity Director was asked when the next scheduled Resident Council Meeting would be held. She stated it was scheduled for that day at 2:00 pm. She was asked if she could confirm if Resident #13 was the Resident Council President. She stated yes. She stated Resident #8 was the [NAME] President, and had previously been the President. On 11/27/23 at 11:45 am, Resident #13 was asked if she was the Resident Council Present. She stated yes. She was asked how long she had been President. She stated she was not…

  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 · D2023-11-30 · tag F0576 — isolated
  Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, record review, observations, review of the resident council minutes and the Resident Handbook, the facility failed to ensure packages and mail were unopened when received for 1 of 13 sampled residents (Resident #32). Residents have the right to receive mail and packages unopened. The privacy of the residents are affected. The findings include: An interview was conducted with Resident #32 in his room on 11/28/23 at 10:45 a.m. He reported having concerns that his mail and packages are being brought to him opened at times. His packages have to be opened in front of staff, usually the activity director. The resident was alert and oriented, and spoke clearly. He reported discussing this in Resident Council meetings. A record review was conducted for Resident #32 which noted an admission date of 3/1/23 and re-entry date on 7/14/23. Diagnoses included non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and mood disorder. A review of the Minimum Data Set on 9/4/23 noted resident has a BIMS of 14, indicating intact cognition. Resident #32 was observed receiving an Amazon package…

  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 before2023-11-30 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — isolated
  Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff and resident interviews, medical record review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to provide activities of daily living services to maintain grooming and personal hygiene, specifically fingernail care, for one resident (Resident #23) out of 12 residents sampled. The findings include: On 11/27/23 at 12:15 pm, Resident #23 was observed in his room and had fingernails elongated on each finger. He was asked if he prefers his fingernails to be that long. He stated, NO! I don't. The interview was stopped at that time due to resident's display of anger. On 11/28/23 at 10:10 am, Resident #23 was observed up and dressed in day clothes in the milieu. His fingernails were observed to be elongated. He was asked if he prefers his fingernails to be that long. He stated, No, I gotta get these nails cut. The resident was asked if he would allow his fingernail lengths to be measured. He stated yes. The following measurements were taken from tip of finger to end of nail: Left hand thumb: 1 centimeter Left hand first finger: 1…

  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 · D2023-11-30 · tag F0698 — failed to provide proper dialysis care — isolated
  Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on medical record review, observations, staff and resident interviews, and a review of the facility's dialysis policy, the facility failed to ensure shared communication between the facility and the dialysis center for one of one resident receiving hemodialysis services, from a total of 12 residents in the sample. (Resident #29) The findings include: A medical record review for Resident #29 revealed no communication with the dialysis clinic he attended. A review of the resident's current physician's orders revealed an order for Dialysis Center Dialysis: M/W/F (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) at the named dialysis center, with a chair time of 11:40 AM. On 11/28/23 at 12:44 PM Resident #29 was observed in his room resting in bed and would only answer a few questions. He affirmed that the facility sends a bag meal/snack with him to dialysis. On 11/30/23 at 9:15 AM Employee C, Unit Manager, was interviewed. Employee C had been employed by the facility since 4/20/23. She was asked to explain the facility process for sending and receiving pertinent information about the resident…

  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 · D2023-11-30 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations of medication administration, interviews with staff, and review of the Policies and Procedures for Infection Control/Medical Waste Handling, and Cleaning and Disinfection of Resident Care Items and Equipment, the facility failed to ensure the medication error rate was less than 5% with two errors out of 33 opportunities. The medication error rate was 6.06% due to the nurse discarding a sharps needle in the room trash can and using durable medical equipment without cleaning afterwards. The findings include: On 11/28/23 at 10:33 a.m., Employee A, Registered Nurse (RN) was observed administering a blood glucose check in room [ROOM NUMBER]. The RN used a lancet to check the blood glucose, and after completion threw the lancet and test strip in the trash can at bedside. An interview was conducted with Employee A, on 11/28/23 at 10:40 a.m. He confirmed the lancet and test strip were thrown in the trash can and should have been disposed of in the sharps container. An observation was conducted with…

  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 · F2022-01-27 · tag F0801 — widespread
  Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the Director of Dining Services (DDS), who was not a qualified dietitian was not full-time at the facility and the facility's consultant dietitian state license was expired and national Dietetic Registration could not be verified. This has the potential to impact all facility residents. The findings include: On the first three days of the survey (01/24/22 through 01/26/22), the Director of Dining Services (DDS) was not present in the facility. On the first day of the survey on 01/24/22, there were two nursing staff observed during the initial kitchen tour at 10:37 AM who prepared breakfast. The staff indicated at that time that the DDS worked between 2 affiliated nursing homes. The DDS was a Certified Dietary Manager, and not a qualified dietitian. On 01/27/22 at 8:25 AM, during a follow up visit to the kitchen, the DDS was present. He said he comes to this facility twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesday and then he changed the days he visited this facility several times. He was hired back in April 2021. He indicated he was usually…

  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 · Fcited before2022-01-27 · 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 observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food safety. The facility failed to do the following: Store single-service articles and food to protect contamination, properly reheat Time/Temperature for Control for Safety (TCS) Food Protect exposed food, clean equipment, clean utensils, clean linens, single-service and single-use items, and the kitchen area from contamination, maintain equipment and areas in a clean condition and in good repair, Date-mark refrigerated resident food and ensure it was not stored too long under refrigeration. Ensure that the Person in Charge (the Director of Dining Services (DDS) provided adequate oversight of Dining Service Staff so that they were knowledgeable of proper cooking of TCS Food through daily oversight of the employee's routine monitoring of cooking temperatures and knowledgeable of proper sanitization of cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of sanitizing solution…

  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 · F2022-01-27 · tag F0814 — failed to dispose of garbage properly — widespread
  Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure that garbage and refuse was disposed of properly. The condition of the outside facility garbage dumpster, which was used for the entire facility, was such that that the surfaces were no longer smooth and durable; garbage and refuse was not contained and did not prevent rodent and pest attraction and harborage. Additionally, the Dining Services staff did not ensure garbage receptacles were covered in the kitchen. The findings include: At 01/25/22 at 3:48 PM, a staff person was observed through the facility activity/dining area window throwing out a white plastic bag into the facility garbage dumpster. The door to the side of the dumpster was open and there were no lids to the dumpster. During a follow up visit to the kitchen on 01/26/22 at 12:06 PM, the two garbage receptacles in the kitchen were not covered. At 12:13 PM, the facility garbage dumpster was observed up close. The dumpster did not have a lid and the side door was left open. The dumpster was extremely rusted to the extent that there was a hole in the right…

  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

$49,394 in federal fines across 7 penalties.

• $14,814 — penalty dated 2024-01-22
• $4,587 — penalty dated 2023-10-23
• $4,587 — penalty dated 2023-10-17
• $4,587 — penalty dated 2023-10-10
• $4,587 — penalty dated 2023-10-02
• $12,703 — penalty dated 2023-09-11
• $3,529 — penalty dated 2023-08-21

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 ELEVATION HEALTHCARE — 5 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 35 rows in the source record cover these 16 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 74% 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 $559K 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 FL