Life Care Center Of Athens

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.

47.2% 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 153 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 75.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 72 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 0.39 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 66% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 13% 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 128 beds and averages 95.2 residents a day — about 74% occupied, or roughly 33 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 3.54 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.92 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.03 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 3.18 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.69 on weekdays — 14% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 1.00 to 0.73 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 29% is below 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.

16 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 5 are one tap away and print in full.

• Immediate jeopardy · J2026-03-28 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to protect the resident's right to be free from sexual abuse for 3 residents (Resident #49, Resident #88, and Resident #15) of 4 residents reviewed for abuse. The facility staff documented Resident #49 exhibited multiple Public Sex Acts from 11/2025 through 3/2026. The facility failed to notify the Medical Director and the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) of sexually inappropriate behaviors documented and exhibited by Resident #49. On 3/24/2026, surveyors observed Resident #49 who had severe cognitive impairment and lacked capacity to consent, lifting her shirt to expose bare breasts to staff, visitors, and other residents, and putting her arms under the shirt of Resident #88 touching the resident's bare chest and back. On 3/24/2026, Resident #49 was observed touching surveyors and staff members genitalia, breasts, and buttocks and was observed grabbing the buttocks of Resident #15.…

  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 · F2026-03-28 · tag F0835 — failed to run the facility competently — widespread
  Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on facility policy review, job description review, facility documentation review, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Plan review, and interview, the facility's Administration failed to provide effective leadership and oversight after 1 resident (Resident #49) was not identified by facility staff as having exhibited sexually abusive behaviors or activities. This failure of staff who were trained in Dementia care and Abuse allowed the sexual behaviors to persist which allowed continued non-consensual sexually inappropriate behaviors and abuse. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prevention, dated 5/6/2025, revealed .It is the policy of this facility to prevent and prohibit all types of abuse .Identify, correct and intervene in situations in which abuse .is more likely to occur . The identify [identification] when, how, and by whom determinations of capacity to consent to a sexual contact will be made and where this documentation will be recorded; and the resident's right to establish a relationship with another individual…

  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 · F2026-03-28 · tag F0865 — failed to run a quality-improvement (QAPI) program — widespread
  Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
  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 facility policy review, medical record review, facility documentation review, and interview, the Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee continued with the same approach to each resident-to-resident sexual abuse interaction, failed to identify the resident's activity as sexual abuse activity, and resident abuse was continually repeated. The resident-to resident altercations had occurred on multiple occasions between on 11/11/2025 and 3/28/2026 between 3 residents (Resident #49, Resident #15, and Resident #99) which resulted in abuse for Resident #49. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prevention, dated 5/6/2025, revealed .It is the policy of this facility to prevent and prohibit all types of abuse .Identify, correct and intervene in situations in which abuse .is more likely to occur .The identify [identification] when, how, and by whom determinations of capacity to consent to a sexual contact will be made and where this documentation will be recorded;…

  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 · E2026-03-28 · tag F0603 — failed to not confine residents against their will — pattern
  Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
  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 facility policy review, secured unit documentation review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure documentation for the participation in the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) review by the physician for the Secured Unit Placement of 6 residents (Resident #4, #23, #49, #71, #72, and #88) and failed to ensure the resident or resident representative signed the IDT review for the continued placement in the Secure Unit for 2 residents (Resident #72 and #88) of 6 residents reviewed for Secured Unit Placement. The facility's failure had the potential to affect 26 of 26 residents who resided in the facility's Secured Unit.The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Secure Unit Placement, dated 9/23/2025, revealed .Each resident has the right to be free from involuntary seclusion. If a resident resides in a secure/locked area that restricts a resident's movement throughout the facility, the facility must ensure that the resident is free from involuntary seclusion.If [a]…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0558 — failed to accommodate residents' needs and preferences — isolated
  Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
  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 medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to provide reasonable accommodations of needs for 1 resident (Resident #22) and failed to ensure call lights were in reach for 2 residents (Resident #40, and #43) of 30 residents observed. The findings include: Review of the medical record revealed Resident #22 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Traumatic Ischemia of Muscle (a serious condition where blood flow to a muscle is severely reduced or blocked due to trauma), Cerebral Infarction Affecting Left Side, and Neuralgia (severe shooting pain along a nerve pathway), and Neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye) . Review of a quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #22 scored a 7 on the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) assessment which indicated the resident had severe cognitive impairment. Continued review revealed Resident #22 had a functional impairment to the bilateral upper and lower…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — isolated
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  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 facility policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to conduct a thorough investigation after 28 documented incidents of Public Sex Acts by 1 resident (Resident #49), failed to ensure investigations were conducted after the occurrence of sexual abuse by Resident #49 to 1 resident (Residents #88), and failed to investigate 1 incident of bruising of an unknown origin for 1 resident (Resident #49), of 4 residents reviewed for abuse.The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Abuse-Inservice Training, dated 5/6/2025, revealed .The facility will maintain an effective training program for all staff, which includes, at a minimum, training on abuse.and dementia management.that is appropriate and effective, as determined by staff need and the facility assessment.The prohibition of all forms of abuse, neglect.must address forms of abuse, neglect.and dementia management.Identifying and preventing behavior constituting abuse (including injuries from an…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · 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 facility policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure proper grooming was provided for 2 residents (Resident #11 and #78) of 5 residents reviewed for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) of 30 residents observed.The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Activities of Daily Living, dated 9/4/2025, revealed .resident [residents] will receive assistance as needed .grooming .resident who is unable .receives the necessary services to maintain good grooming . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #11 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Multiple Rib Fractures, Malnutrition, and Heart Failure. Review of a comprehensive care plan dated 2/25/2026, revealed Resident #11 had an .ADL self-care performance deficit r/t [related to] impaired mobility .personal hygiene: partial/moderate assistance . Review of a quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #11 scored a 15 on the Brief Interview for Mental Status…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0687 — failed to care for feet properly — isolated
  Provide appropriate foot care.
  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 review of facility policy, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to provide foot and nail care to 1 resident (Resident #22) of 1 resident reviewed for foot care of 30 residents observed. The findings include: Review of the facility policy tiled, Foot Care, dated 5/19/2025, revealed, .regular toenail trimming promoted cleanliness, prevents infection, stimulates peripheral circulation .it is particularly important for bedridden patients . Review of the facility policy titled, Foot Care, dated 9/4/2025, revealed .This facility will ensure that foot care provided is consistent with professional standards of practice .includes treatment to prevent complications . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #22 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Traumatic Ischemia of Muscle (serious condition where blood flow to a muscle is severely reduced or blacked due to trauma), Cerebral Infarction Affecting Left Side, and Neuralgia (severe shooting pain…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observation and interview, the facility failed to maintain and store a nebulizer circuit in a clean and sanitary condition for 1 resident (Resident #7) of 2 residents reviewed for nebulizer use. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Small Volume Nebulizer Therapy, dated 9/18/2025, revealed .The facility will provide Small Nebulizer Treatments in accordance with professional standards of practice .Nebulizer circuit should be stored in a patient-care-set-up bag labeled with the patients name and dated .entire setup should be changed weekly .rinse the nebulizer with distilled water .disinfect the nebulizer .Complications associated with .nebulizer therapy may include .infection from contaminated equipment . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #7 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Neuromuscular Dysfunction of Bladder and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Review of the quarterly Minimum Data Set…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on facility policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure expired over the counter (OTC) medications were disposed of and not available for resident use in 1 of 3 medication rooms and the Central Supply room. The findings include:Review of the facility policy titled, Storage and Expiration Dating of Medications and Biologicals, dated 6/30/2025, revealed .Once any medication or biological package is opened, [the] facility should follow manufacturer/supplier guidelines with respect to expiration dates for open medications .the facility staff should record the date opened on the primary medication container when the medication has a shortened expiration date once opened .medications with a manufacturer's expiration date expressed in month and year will expire on the last day of the month . During an observation and interview on 3/24/2026 at 7:32 AM, on the zone 2 medication cart revealed 1 container of Prilosec over the counter (OTC) (a medication to treat acid reflux) 20 milligrams (MG) with an expiration date of 1/26/2026, and 1 bottle of Cetirizine…

  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 · D2026-03-28 · tag F0813 — isolated
  Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
  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 facility policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to discard expired food items and maintain the cleanliness of personal refrigerators for 2 residents (Resident #32 and #35) of 5 resident's personal refrigerators observed.The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Resident Refrigerators, dated 4/30/2025, revealed .A temperature monitoring log will be maintained, and a designated staff member will document refrigerator temperatures on a daily basis .facility staff will check individual food items weekly for expiration dates and discard outdated food promptly from the residents' personal refrigerators . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #32 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and readmitted on [DATE] with diagnoses including Parkinsons Disease, Insomnia, Diabetes, and Heart Failure. Review of a quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #32 scored a 00 on the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) assessment which…

  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

Fines & penalties

$19,145 in federal fines across 1 penalty.

• $19,145 — penalty dated 2026-03-28

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA — 194 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 32 rows in the source record cover these 14 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

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.

This home reported $2.1M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 21% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in TN