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St Martin's in the Pines

Nursing home in Irondale, AL

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
4941 Montevallo Road, Irondale, AL 35210
Phone
(205) 956-1831
Listed under
Nonprofit, Part of a retirement community
Medicare CCN
015433
Overall star rating
2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating
2 of 5
Staffing rating
3 of 5
Quality measures rating
3 of 5
Certified beds
128
Average residents per day
98
Ownership
Nonprofit, church related
Legal business name
Pines Birmingham Opco LLC
Chain
Diversicare Healthcare (44 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Jul 9, 1997
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
Yes
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 015433. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-11-07.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Oct 3, 2019. CMS lists 13 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Aug 24, 2017 to Jul 18, 2025): 3 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 1 at “immediate jeopardy”.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Jul 18, 2025Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 18, 2025Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 18, 2025Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		K
Immediate jeopardy, pattern
Oct 3, 2019Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Oct 3, 2019Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Sep 26, 2018Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 26, 2018Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 24, 2017Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 24, 2017Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them.
Nutrition and Dietary		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 24, 2017Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Environmental		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 24, 2017Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Aug 24, 2017Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Nutrition and Dietary		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread

Showing the 12 most recent of 13. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Oct 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 0 fines totalling $0 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

Jul 18, 2025Payment denial for 3 days from Aug 29, 2025

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Oct 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
3.95 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.72 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.66 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.52 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
55%
RN turnover (yearly)
63%
Administrators who left in the past year
2

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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