Ponca City Nursing & Rehabilitation 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.

56.2% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 82 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 52.5% 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 40 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 15% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 10% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 157 beds and averages 79.7 residents a day — about 51% occupied, or roughly 77 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 3.82 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.29 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.59 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 3.31 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.02 on weekdays — 18% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.32 to 0.19 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 55% 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.

This trend is not current. The most recent of these two inspections was over 2 years ago; the arrow describes what inspectors found then, not what the home is like now.

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 · D2024-08-01 · tag F0679 — failed to provide activities — isolated
  Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
  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 a resident who preferred individualized activities in their room was provided those activities for one (#53) of 8 sampled residents reviewed for activities. A facility room roster, dated 07/28/24, documented 79 residents resided in the facility. Findings: An Activities and Social Work, dated 11/2022, read in part, When the Care Planning Team develops the resident's activity and social care plan, the resident will be given an opportunity to choose when, where, and how he or she will participate in activities and social events. A review of the resident's medical record found no documentation of activities having been provided to Resident #53 in the months of April 2024 and May 2024. An annual minimum data set assessment, dated 03/22/24, documented Resident #53's cognition was intact. On 07/29/24 at 1:19 p.m., Resident #53 stated the staff had not provided them with one-to-one activities in their room. They stated they believed they did not receive activities in their room because they would be charged extra. 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.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-08-01 · tag F0688 — failed to keep residents mobile / prevent decline — isolated
  Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
  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 observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to provide treatment and services to treat a contracture for one (#46) of one sampled resident reviewed for range of motion restorative care. The DON identified nine residents with contractures. Findings: The facility's Restorative Nursing Services policy, revised 06/2017, read in part, Residents will receive restorative nursing care as needed to help promote optimal safety and independence. The policy also read, Residents may be started on a restorative nursing program upon admission, during the course of stay or when discharged from rehabilitative care. 1. Resident #46 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses which included esophagitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome. A annual MDS assessment, dated 07/13/24, documented Resident #46's cognition was intact and had range of motion impairments on the upper extremities and lower extremities on both sides. The Health Record did not document Resident #46 was receiving restorative services. On 07/29/24…

  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 · D2024-08-01 · 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

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a physician order was completed for a gradual dose reduction for one (#34) of five sampled residents reviewed for unnecessary medications. The DON identified 53 residents received psychotropic medications. Findings: A Medication and Treatment Orders policy, revised July 2016, read in part,orders for medications and treatments will be consistent with principles of safe and effective order writing. A Tapering Medications and Gradual Drug Dose Reduction policy, revised July 2022, read in part, the residents who use psychotropic medications shall receive gradual dose reductions. The policy also read, in a effort to discontinue these drugs. Resident #34 had diagnoses which included Alzheimer's, depression, and cognitive communication deficit. A Medication Regimen Review, dated 07/16/24, documented Resident #34 received mirtazapine (Remeron) 30 mg at bedtime. Recommendation by pharmacist made to reduce mirtazapine (Remeron) to 15 mg at bedtime. Review was signed by physician on 07/18/24 to reduce mirtazapine (Remeron) to…

  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 · D2024-07-16 · tag F0919 — failed to provide a working call system — isolated
  Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
  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 maintain an adequate call light system for one (#1) of three sampled residents whose call light systems were observed. The Administrator identified 47 residents resided in the facility. Findings: The Call System, Residents policy, dated September 2022, read in part, .Each resident is provided with a means to call staff directly for assistance from his/her bed .and from the floor . Resident #1 had diagnoses which included other atherosclerotic heart disease, h/o pulmonary embolism, type 2 diabetes, syncope and collapse, and age-related physical debility. Resident #1's care plan, admission date 07/05/24, documented they were at risk for cardiac instability, impaired respiratory integrity, complications of diabetes, and injury related to a fall. Resident #1's resuscitation status was 'Full Code'. On 07/15/24 at 12:25 p.m., Resident #1 was observed in bed eating lunch unassisted and unattended. No call light was observed in the resident's room connected to the wall system. On 07/16/24 at 9:51 a.m., 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.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2019-08-29 · tag F0578 — failed to honor advance directives / code status — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, record review and interview, it was determined the facility failed to ensure an effective system was in place for the identification of advance directives and code status for two (#12 and #67) of two sampled residents whose records were reviewed for advance directives. This had the potential to affect all 96 residents who resided in the facility. Findings: 1. Resident #12 had diagnoses which included acute respiratory failure, chronic kidney failure and congestive heart failure. An Advance Directive for Health Care, dated 01/30/17, was signed by the resident and on file in the clinical record. An Oklahoma DNR consent form, dated 05/08/18, was signed by the resident and on file in the clinical record. An Advance Directive Acknowledgement form, dated 02/27/19, was found in the clinical record and signed by the resident's power of attorney. It documented the resident had not executed an advance directive. An Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Consent Form, undated and unsigned, was found in the clinical record with the admission paperwork. It was not completed and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2019-08-29 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — pattern
  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, record review and interview, it was determined the facility failed to provide assistance with dressing, toileting and grooming for one (#48) of three sampled residents who were reviewed for activities of daily living (ADL). The facility identified 82 residents who required assistance with activities of daily living. Findings: Resident #48 had diagnoses which included dementia, psychosis and depression. A physician's order, dated 06/06/19, documented the staff was to assist, offer or remind the resident to toilet every three to four hours while awake or upon rising, before meals, before bed and at least once during the night and as needed. An annual assessment, dated 07/01/19, documented the resident was moderately impaired in cognitive skills for daily decision making and required limited assistance with ADLs. He was frequently incontinent of bladder and occasionally incontinent of bowel. A care plan, dated 07/05/19, documented the resident required assistance with a few of his ADLs. Staff was to assist him to maintain his dignity, ensure he would be dressed…

  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 · E2019-08-29 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — pattern
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  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, it was determined the facility failed to ensure diabetic residents received insulin as ordered by the physician for one (#77) of five sampled residents who were reviewed for unnecessary medications. The facility identidied 15 residents who received insulin. Findings: Resident #77 had diagnoses which included diabetes mellitus type II. Physician orders, dated 07/2019, documented the resident was to have his FSBS (Fingerstick Blood Sugar) checked at 7:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. everyday. The physician was to be notified of a FSBS greater than 300 or less than 50. Humalog [a fast acting insulin used to treat type 2 diabetes] was to be administered as follows: .INJECT SQ [subcutaneous] PER SLIDING SCALE FSBS 180-189 = 1 UNIT 190-199 = 2 UNITS 200-209 = 3 UNITS 210-219 = 4 UNITS 220-229 = 5 UNITS 230-239 = 6 UNITS 240-249 = 7 UNITS 250-259 = 8 UNITS 260-269 = 9 UNITS 270-279 = 10 UNITS 280-289 = 11 UNITS 290-299 = 12 UNITS 300-309 = 13 UNITS 310-319 = 14 UNITS…

  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 · E2019-08-29 · 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 observations, record review and interview, it was determined the facility failed to ensure transmission based precautions were implemented for one (#48) of one sampled resident who was reviewed for transmission based precautions. The facility identified four residents who resided in the facility and were on transmission based precautions. Findings: A transmission based precaution policy, dated 02/12/18, documented: Transmission-Based Precautions are .to be used in addition to Standard Precautions for patients who may be infected or colonized with certain infectious agents for which additional precautions are needed to prevent infection transmission . Contact Precautions Use Contact Precautions for patients with known or suspected infections that represent an increaed risk for contact transmission . The policy specified personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves and gowns, was to be used for all interactions involving contact with the resident or the resident's environment. The donning of PPE was to be completed upon entrance and PPE was to be properly discarded…

  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

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 6 rows in the source record cover these 5 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

1 organizational owner 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 78% 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 $575K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

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