Nowata 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.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.07 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 3% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 6% 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 32.3 residents a day — about 50% occupied, or roughly 33 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.

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 4.18 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.48 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.72 is at or above 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 4.20 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.17 on weekdays — about the same on weekends as weekdays. RN hours go from 0.52 to 0.37 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.

18 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 8 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · D2026-01-30 · tag F0609 — failed to report abuse allegations — isolated
  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to report an allegation of a crime toward a resident to OSDH and local law enforcement within 2 hours for 1 (#4) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for abuse.The DON identified 32 residents resided in the facility.Findings:A facility policy titled Policy and Procedure Regarding Responsibility of Reporting Allegations of Resident Abuse, Criminal Acts, Injury of Unknown Source, Neglect, Misappropriation of Property, and Exploitation, dated 10/11/22, read in part, It is the policy of this facility to act on all allegations of abuse, neglect, misappropriation of resident property, exploitation, injuries of unknown source and suspected criminal acts which included reporting the allegation withing the required time frame to the appropriate authorities.A quarterly assessment for Res #4, dated 04/18/25, showed the resident had a brief interview for mental status score of 12, indicating moderate cognitive impairment.A Transfer to Hospital Summary, dated 06/24/25 at 1:45 p.m., was found in the progress note section of Res #4's EMR. 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.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2024-11-21 · 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 — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide staffing data to CMS for the third quarter of 2024. The ADON stated 34 residents resided at the facility. Findings: A PBJ Staffing Data Report for the third quarter of 2024 (04/01/24 through 06/30/24) documented the facility had failed to submit the mandated staffing data for that quarter. On 11/20/24 at 1:50 p.m., the administrator stated they were the person who put in the data for the third quarter. They stated they had not followed up to ensure the data have been uploaded to CMS. They stated the person who usually uploaded the data had been out ill and they had put in the data remotely. They stated the business office manager would put in the data in the future.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-11-21 · tag F0582 — pattern
  Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
  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 accurate CMS-10055 forms to residents who discharged from part A services for two (#31 and #32) of three sampled residents reviewed for accurate skilled services beneficiary notices. The ADON reported four residents had discharged from skilled services in the previous six months. Findings: An undated facility document titled, Form Instructions Skill Nursing Facility Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (SNF ABN) Form CMS-10055 (2024), read in part, The SNF ABN provides information to the patient so that [they] can decide whether or not to get the care that may not be paid for by Medicare and assume financial responsibility. A CMS-10055 form, dated 02/16/24, documented it was for Resident #31 and had been approved via telephone by the resident's representative. The document did not document the estimated costs to the resident if they wished to continue the identified skilled services. The form did not document the resident representative's choice whether they wished to continue the services and bill Medicare…

  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 before2024-11-21 · tag F0758 — failed to limit and justify psychotropic drugs — pattern
  Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
  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 interview, the facility failed to ensure: a. an antianxiety medication was not prescribed on an as needed basis without a 14-day limit or a physician's explanation why it should be used beyond 14 days for one (#24); and b. gradual dose reductions were recommended or attempted for antidepressants for two (#17 and #30) of five sampled residents reviewed for unnecessary medications. The ADON reported 27 residents at the facility were prescribed psychotropic medications. Findings: A facility policy titled Policy for the Management of Resident Medication, dated 10/2017, read in part, For resident who require the us of these medications, gradual dose reductions will be attempted unless contraindicated, and behavioral interventions implemented in an effort to discontinue the medication. 1. Resident #17 had diagnoses of recurrent depressive disorder. A medication administration record, dated 11/01/24 through 11/30/24, documented Resident #17 had been ordered citalopram hydrobromide (SSRI) 40mg…

  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 · Ecited before2024-11-21 · 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 — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure kitchen staff with beards wore beard guards while preparing food for the resident. The ADON stated 34 residents at the facility routinely ate meals provided by the facility kitchen staff. Findings: On 11/18/24 at 8:10 a.m., the facility's dietary manager and dietary aide #1 were observed working in the kitchen where food items were being prepared. Each had a beard and were not wearing beard guards. On 11/18/24 at 11:03 a.m., the facility's dietary manager and dietary aide #1 were observed in the food preparation area. They were not wearing beard guards. The dietary manager stated they did not have any beard guards in the facility. On 11/19/24 at 9:35 a.m., the administrator stated they were unaware there were not beard guards in the facility and would immediately obtains some. They stated the beard guards were required in the facility when preparing food.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2024-11-21 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — pattern
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to implement a policy related to enhanced barrier precautions to prevent the spread of MDROs in the facility. The ADON reported 34 residents resided in the facility. Findings: A facility Enhanced Barrier Precautions policy, revised 07/21/22, read in part, The expanded use of PPE .during high-contact care activities that provide opportunities for transfer of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms [MDRO] to or from staff hands or clothing or indirectly transferred from resident/client to resident/client during high-contact activities Use Enhanced Barrier Precautions when providing care to any resident/client with an indwelling medical device or colonized infection with an MDRO. On 11/18/24 at 8:30 a.m., a tour of the facility was conducted. No signage was noted on resident doors indicating EBP was implemented for at risk residents. On 11/21/24 at 12:35 p.m., CMA #1 stated to their knowledge enhanced barrier precautions were not in place in the facility. On 11/21/24 at 12:49 p.m., CNA #1 stated they were unaware what EBP was or how they…

  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 · D2024-11-21 · tag F0623 — isolated
  Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
  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 interview, the facility failed to provide a written notice of transfer to a resident prior to a transfer to an acute care hospital for one (#32) of two sampled residents reviewed for hospitalizations and discharges. The ADON reported that seven residents had transferred to a hospital in the previous six months. Findings: A facility Transfer or Discharge Notice policy, dated December 2016, read in part, Under the following circumstances, the notice will be given as soon as it is practicable but before the transfer or discharge: a. The transfer is necessary for the resident's welfare and the resident's needs cannot be met in the facility. A progress note, dated 08/27/24 at 7:50 a.m., documented Resident #32 had been sent to an acute care hospital for confusion and a low blood oxygen saturation rate. The note documented a family member of the family was notified of the situation. A progress note, dated 08/31/24 at 2:45 p.m., documented Resident #32 was returned to the facility from 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.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-11-21 · tag F0625 — isolated
  Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
  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 interview, the facility failed to provide a written notice of the bed hold policy when a resident was sent to a hospital for one (#32) of two sampled residents reviewed for hospitalizations and discharges. The ADON reported that seven residents had transferred to a hospital in the previous six months. Findings: A facility Bed-Hold and Returns policy, dated March 2017, read in part, Prior to transfers and therapeutic leaves, residents or resident representatives will be informed in writing of the bed-hold and return policy. A progress note, dated 08/27/24 at 7:50 a.m., documented Resident #32 had been sent to an acute care hospital for confusion and a low blood oxygen saturation rate. On 11/21/24 at 9:35 a.m., Resident #32 stated they had been sent to the hospital earlier that year because of breathing problems. On 11/21/24 at 9:50 a.m., RN #1 and LPN #1 stated they did not give a written notice of the bed hold policy when Resident #32 was sent to the hospital on [DATE]. On 11/21/24 at…

  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 before2023-08-03 · tag F0758 — failed to limit and justify psychotropic drugs — isolated
  Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
  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 interview, the facility failed to ensure a dose reduction recommendation was provided for one (#9) of five sampled residents who were reviewed for unnecessary medications. The Resident Census and Conditions of Residents report, dated 07/27/23, documented 15 residents who received psychoactive medications. Findings: Resident #9 admitted on [DATE], with diagnoses which included schizophrenia and depression. Review of Patient Discharge Instructions from the discharging hospital, dated 03/03/21, revealed Resident #9 admitted to the facility with psychoactive medications which included, Risperidone 3mg one tablet one time a day, and chlorpromazine Hcl 50 mg two tablets one time a day. An Expanded DRR [Drug Regimen Review] Report, dated 06/10/21, read in part, .Chlorpromazine 100mg daily ordered on adminssion[sp] with risperidone 3mg daily also ordered on admission dx schizophrenia . No recommendation was made for a reduction to these medications. The report was signed by the attending…

  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 · E2021-05-26 · tag F0576 — pattern
  Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
  What the surveyor found here — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on interviews, it was determined the facility failed to deliver mail to the residents on Saturdays for 10 of 10 residents who attended the resident council meeting. The facility identified 30 residents who resided in the facility. Findings: On 05/19/21 at 1:30 p.m., a resident council meeting was held with ten alert and oriented residents. The residents were asked if they received mail on Saturdays. All 10 of the residents stated they did not. One resident stated they only got mail on the days the activities director was working which was Monday through Friday. 05/19/21 at 2:02 p.m., the social services/activities director was asked if residents received mail on Saturdays. She stated, No. She stated she passed out the mail and she was not in the facility on Saturdays. On 05/26/21 at 3:05 p.m., the executive director was asked if the facility had a policy for mail delivery on Saturdays. She stated the mail was delivered to the facility on Saturday, but it was not passed out to residents on the weekends.

  Resident Rights 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

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to OKLAHOMA NURSING HOMES, LTD. — 7 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 15 rows in the source record cover these 11 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

3 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 95% 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. 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 2024. 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, FY2024). 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