Bolivar Medical Center LTC

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.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show <0.01 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 0% 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 35 beds and averages 29.0 residents a day — about 83% occupied, or roughly 6 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 4.43 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.77 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.34 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 3.86 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.66 on weekdays — 17% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.85 to 0.55 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 54% 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.

• Potential for harm · F2025-07-31 · 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, staff interviews, and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure hair restraints were utilized during food preparation to prevent contamination for one (1) of two (2) kitchen tours. Findings include:Review of the facility policy SANITATION AND INFECTION CONTROL with a revision date of 1/2025, revealed that Team members will wear hair restraints regardless of the length of hair or beard at all times in the kitchen. On 7/30/2025 at 11:00 AM during the kitchen tour with the Dietary Manager (DM), an observation was made of Chef #1 preparing food in the kitchen without a hair net in place. Chef #1 was wearing a black baseball hat, and his hair was sticking out approximately 3-4 inches in length from under the hat.An interview with the DM on 7/30/25 at 11:15 AM revealed she was aware Chef #1 was required to wear a hair net and stated, Yes, he should have a hair net on and I've told him he has to wear it. During an interview with the Administrator (ADM) on 7/31/2025 at 9:45 AM, she stated that she has had to talk with Chef #1 in the past regarding the hair…

  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 · F2025-07-31 · tag F0851 — widespread
  Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to submit accurate staffing data into the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system for one (1) of two (2) quarters reviewed. (2nd Quarter 2025)Findings include: Record review of the facility policy titled, “Electronic Staffing Data Submission Payroll-Based Journal” with a revision date of 6/30/25, revealed, “ .Mandated to submit to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) complete and accurate direct care staffing information, including information for agency and contract staff, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data in a uniform format according to specifications established by CMS. Direct care staffing and census data will be collected quarterly and is required to be timely and accurate .” Record review of the “PBJ Staffing Data Report CASPER Report 1705D FY (Fiscal Year) Quarter 2 2025 (January 1 - March 31)” revealed “Excessively Low Weekend Staffing – Triggered = Submitted Weekend Staffing data is excessively low. No RN (Registered Nurse) Hours – Triggered = Four or More…

  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.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-07-31 · tag F0641 — isolated
  Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on staff interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to code the Minimum Data Set (MDS) accurately for a resident with a Mental Illness for one (1) of the 22 sampled residents. Resident #19 Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled “Nursing Assessment and Interdisciplinary Care Plan,” with a revision date of 06/2023, revealed: 2. Long Term Care Facility will conduct a comprehensive, accurate, standardized reproducible assessment upon admission and at regular intervals to ensure that each resident meet his/her highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psycho-social functioning: Physical and mental functional status . Record review of Resident #19's Significant Change MDS with Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of May 16th, 2025, revealed Section A 1500, Is the resident currently considered by the state level II PASRR (Preadmission Screening and Resident Review) process to have serious mental illness and/or intellectual disability or a related condition? coded as ''No. Record review of Resident #19's Summary of Findings Report,…

  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 · D2022-10-12 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  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 staff interview, resident interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to implement a comprehensive care plan for Activities of Daily Living (ADL)s for a dependent resident, as evidence of long, rough fingernails, for 1 (one) of 22 residents reviewed for ADL care. Resident #18 Findings include: A review of the facility policy, with an effective date of 03/2021, titled, Nursing Assessment and Interdisciplinary Care Plan under purpose; The purpose is to ensure resident's assessments will be performed by Registered Nurse and that all State and Federal regulations are implemented for MDS+. Under Long Term Care Facility; Revision of the Care plan states an evaluation of the problems, the goals and the interventions will be reviewed at the Interdisciplinary Team Conference and revised , including: Responsiveness to the interventions, Effectiveness of the interventions in resolving the resident's problem. A record review of the comprehensive care plan, with an onset date of…

  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 · D2022-10-12 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, staff and resident interviews, and record review, the facility failed to provide nail care for one (1) of 22 residents reviewed for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) care. Resident #18 Findings include: The facility does not have a policy related to nail care. An observation and interview, on 10/10/22 at 11:03 AM of Resident # 18 revealed he had long and jaggad fingernails with a brown substance underneath them on his right hand. An observation of Resident # 18 on 10/11/22 at 9:25 AM revealed the resident had long jagged fingernails with a brown substance under them on his right hand. During an interview and observation on 10/11/22 at 3:40 PM Certified Nursing Assistant # 1(CNA) confirmed that Resident #18 had long jagged fingernails with a brown substance under them and needed to be trimmed. CNA #1 revealed that she does not trim fingernails, is responsible for reporting to the nurse when the nails need to be trimmed, and she had not reported to anyone that the resident needed his nails…

  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

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

The source lists no ownership percentage for any party here — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

What families pay in MS