Checotah Nursing 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.

Met the expected recovery: 85.7% 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 21 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 0.45 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 75% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 5% 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 82 beds and averages 35.9 residents a day — about 44% occupied, or roughly 46 beds typically open. It often has substantial empty capacity — worth asking why, since low census can reflect either a new or shrinking home or one families are avoiding. 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.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 4.89 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 5.37 on weekdays — 9% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.40 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 73% 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.

23 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 12 are one tap away and print in full.

• Actual harm · Gcited before2026-02-20 · 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

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure hot liquids were served at a safe temperature for 2 (#1 and #2) of 4 sampled residents reviewed for handling of hot liquids.The assisted director of nursing identified four residents were at risk for burns with hot liquids.Findings:1.On 02/18/26 at 11:38 a.m., Res #1 was observed sitting at a table alone. They were observed to drink an unknown fluid from a brown coffee cup without a lid, and there was no lid observed on the table. On 02/19/26 at 3:55 p.m., a physician visit with Res #1 was observed. The physician described the wound as a 99% 1st degree and 1% 2nd degree burn.On 02/20/26 at 9:04 a.m., the surveyor obtained a temperature of the coffee as 160.9 degrees Fahrenheit. An undated Hot Liquid Safety policy, read in part, The temperature of hot liquids will be checked in the dietary department prior to distribution. If the temperature is greater than 140 degrees Fahrenheit hold the liquid in the dietary department until it reaches an appropriate temperature.A care plan for Res #1, dated 04/23/25,…

  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 · E2025-12-12 · tag F0568 — pattern
  Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents with money held in a trust received quarterly statements for 16 of 16 residents reviewed for money managed in a trust. The BOM identified 16 residents had monies managed by the facility in a trust. Findings: An undated facility document titled Resident Rights Regarding Personal Trust Funds, read in part, To protect each resident's funds, the facility: .Shall provide each resident, or their representative with a written itemized statement at least quarterly, of all financial transactions involving the resident funds; An undated facility policy titled Quarterly Accounting of Resident Funds, read in part, 1. Each resident with personal funds entrusted to the facility will receive an individual quarterly accounting of funds managed by the facility. On 12/11/25 at 10:28 a.m., the BOM stated they managed 16 residents who had money a trust. The BOM stated they did not know what the policy was for providing residents with statements. The BOM stated they were not providing residents with trust statements quarterly…

  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 · Ecited before2025-12-12 · 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 observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to:a. ensure the kitchen area was kept clean, andb. not serve unpasteurized eggs that were not fully cooked for residents who ate meals prepared by the kitchen.The director of nursing identified 39 residents received meals prepared by the kitchen. Findings:On 12/08/25 at 10:26 a.m., unpasteurized shell eggs were observed in the refrigerator in the kitchen. On 12/08/25 at 10:36 a.m., the floor was observed with a brown substance up against the walls and around the table legs in the kitchen. The floor under the dish machine had a brown caked substance against the wall and under the dish machine. A facility document titled Daily Cleaning Checklist for AM Cook, dated December 2025, read in part, Sweep and Mop Kitchen. The document did not have dates or identify the task had been completed.A facility receipt from a food source company, dated 12/06/25, showed an order for unpasteurized medium shell eggs. The receipt did not show pasteurized eggs had been ordered. On 12/08/25 at 10:27 a.m., the DM stated the shell eggs…

  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 · F2025-11-21 · 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 — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure RN coverage for eight consecutive hours seven days per week during the month of October 2025. The administrator identified 43 residents resided in the facility. Findings:A facility schedule, dated October 2025, showed no RN was scheduled to work on 10/10/25, 10/11/25, 10/12/25, 10/17/25, 10/18/25, or 10/19/25.On 10/30/25 at 8:30 a.m., the administrator stated they did not have an RN working in the facility on those days.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-11-21 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to maintain a clean comfortable environment for 1 (#4) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for homelike environment.The administrator identified 43 residents resided in the facility. Findings:On 10/29/25 at 1:30 p.m., an observation of Res #4's room was made. The window had a 10 to12 inch crack in the glass and a build-up of dirt and grime.On 10/30/25 at 815 a.m., the housekeeping supervisor stated resident windows were supposed to be cleaned weekly and cracks should be reported to maintenance for repair.On 10/30/25 at 8:30 a.m., the maintenance supervisor stated they were unaware of the crack in the window and that it should be repaired.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-11-21 · 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

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide adequate assistance to prevent a resident from sliding out of a mechanical lift for 1 (#7) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for accident hazards.The administrator identified 43 residents resided in the facility. Findings: An undated facility policy titled Safe Lifting and Movement of Residents, read in part, In order to protect the safety and well-being of staff and residents, and to promote quality of care, this facility uses appropriate techniques and devices to lift and move residents.A significant change assessment, dated 08/19/25, showed Res #7 had a brief interview for mental status score of 7, which was indicative of severe cognitive impairment. The assessment showed Res #7 was totally dependent on staff for transfers.An incident report, dated 10/17/25, showed Res #7 had slipped out of the sit-to-stand mechanical lift and was assisted to the ground. The report showed staff were to be educated on using two people when using a mechanical lift.On 10/28/25 at 2:15 p.m., CNA #3 stated they were on duty at the time…

  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 · D2024-10-14 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — isolated
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure interventions were put in place to protect one (#1) of three residents reviewed for abuse. This had the potential to affect all residents. The DON identified 29 residents who resided in the facilty. Findings: Res #2 had diagnoses which included other sexual disorders, recurrent depressive disorders, and anxiety. Res #2's quarterly resident assessment dated , 09/11/24, documented the resident was severely cognitively impaired and wandered four to six days a week. An incident report form, dated 08/09/24, documented Res #2 touched Res #1 inappropriately. A progress note, dated 08/12/24 at 11:18 a.m., documented Res #2 was admitted to a geri-psych facility for inappropriate sexual behaviors. A progress note, dated 08/22/24 at 4:07 p.m., documented Res #2 returned to the facility from the geri-psych facility. The care plan for Res #2 was not updated with interventions to prevent reoccurrence of inappropriate sexual behaviors. Progress notes, dated 08/25/24 between 11:04 a.m. and 1:56 p.m., documented Res #2 had…

  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 · F2024-08-09 · tag F0607 — failed to have anti-abuse policies — widespread
  Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to implement their abuse policy regarding an allegation of abuse which has the potential to affect all residents. The director of nursing identified 29 residents who resided in the facility. Findings: The Reporting Resident Abuse policy, undated, documented in part, Should the allegations be true, the employee(s) will be terminated from employment. Records of the allegations will be filed in the accused employee's personnel record. An Incident Report Form, dated 06/02/24, documented Res #23 reported the evening the gospel singers were to perform at the facility, CNA #1 took them out on the front porch prior to the singing. Res #23 reported CNA #1 started cursing, saying God damn, fuck, and shit. Res #23 reported they could handle the F word, but the use of God damn was upsetting to them especially with gospel singers at the facility. Res #23 reported CNA #1 kept cursing and they had to tell CNA #1 to zip it. The resident reported CNA #1 has cursed in front of them before and reported CNA #1 walks down the hall…

  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 · F2024-08-09 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — widespread
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review, and interview, the facility failed to complete a investigation regarding an allegation of abuse which has the potential to affect all residents. The director of nursing identified 29 residents who resided in the facility. Findings: The Reporting Resident Abuse policy, undated, documented in part, The facility must complete an incident report form .and include when possible statements of any witnesses. An Incident Report Form, dated 06/02/24, documented Res #23 reported the evening the gospel singers were to perform at the facility, CNA #1 took them out on the front porch prior to the singing. Res #23 reported CNA #1 started cursing, saying God damn, fuck, and shit. Res #23 reported they could handle the F word, but the use of God damn was upsetting to them especially with gospel singers at the facility. Res #23 reported CNA #1 kept cursing and they had to tell CNA #1 to zip it. The resident reported CNA #1 has cursed in front of them before and reported CNA #1 walks down the hall cursing. The report also documented other staff reported to the DON, CNA #1 does…

  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 · E2024-08-09 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — pattern
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure respiratory care was provided with professional standards of practice for four (#9, 19, 23, and #24) of four sampled residents reviewed for respiratory care. The director of nurses identified 5 residents who received respiratory care. Findings: 1. Resident #9 had diagnoses which included congestive heart failure, chronic respiratory failure, and cerebral infarction. A physician order, dated 12/07/23, documented the resident was to receive oxygen 2-3 liters via nasal cannula to maintain oxygen saturation greater than 92% related to chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia. A physician order, dated 05/06/24, documented the staff was to change the oxygen tubing and humidifier every Sunday night and as needed related to chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia. On 08/06/24 at 11:36 a.m., the resident was sleeping and had oxygen infusing at 2 liters via nasal cannula. The oxygen tubing was not dated. On 08/08/24 at 9:26 a.m., the resident was sitting in a wheelchair watching television and had oxygen…

  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 · E2024-08-09 · tag F0802 — failed to prepare enough nourishing food — pattern
  Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to employ enough staff to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. The dietary manager identified 28 residents who received meals prepared by the kitchen and one resident who received nutrition via tube feeding. Findings: A dietary schedule for August 2024, documented one cook and one dietary aide for the morning shift, one cook and one aide for a split shift (covering part of morning and evening shift alternating days), and one cook with no dietary aide for evening shift. On 08/06/24 at 7:10 a.m., a tour of the kitchen was completed. While walking down the resident hall to the kitchen, a cart was observed with eight disposable trays on it with no staff present on the hall. In the dining room, three residents were observed eating from disposable trays. On 08/06/24 at 7:13 a.m., the DM stated the reason breakfast was served on disposable trays was due to short of staff. The DM stated only one staff member to serve breakfast this morning. On 08/06/24 at 9:15 a.m., the DM provided menus for 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.

  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

$90,838 in federal fines across 2 penalties. 1 Medicare payment denial on record.

• $22,393 — penalty dated 2026-02-20
• $68,445 — penalty dated 2024-08-09
• Medicare payment denial — starting 2024-09-20 for 19 days

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.

Who owns this facility

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 89% 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.

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 OK