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Highline Post Acute

Nursing home in Denver, CO

Medicare & Medicaid certified1★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
6060 E Iliff Ave, Denver, CO 80222
Phone
(303) 759-4221
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
065256
Overall star rating
1 of 5 ★☆☆☆☆
Health inspection rating
1 of 5
Staffing rating
2 of 5
Quality measures rating
3 of 5
Certified beds
125
Average residents per day
118
Ownership
For-profit, limited Liability company
Legal business name
Highline Healthcare LLC
Chain
Pacs Group (277 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Apr 15, 1989
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 065256. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-11-07.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Aug 15, 2024. CMS lists 36 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Nov 21, 2019 to Dec 11, 2025): 25 from complaint inspections, 5 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 2 at “immediate jeopardy”.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Dec 11, 2025Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service · complaint inspection
J
Immediate jeopardy, isolated
Jul 14, 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
G
Actual harm, isolated
Apr 7, 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
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 27, 2025Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Feb 27, 2025Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.
Administration · complaint inspection
F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Feb 27, 2025Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration · complaint inspection
F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Feb 27, 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
J
Immediate jeopardy, isolated
Sep 3, 2024Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · complaint inspection
G
Actual harm, isolated
Aug 15, 2024Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 15, 2024Provide 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
Aug 15, 2024Provide 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.
Quality of Life and Care
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 15, 2024Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 36. 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 4 fines totalling $79,956 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

Dec 11, 2025Fine: $22,897
Jul 14, 2025Fine: $34,512
Feb 27, 2025Fine: $15,759
Aug 15, 2024Fine: $6,788
Jan 11, 2024Payment denial for 31 days from Feb 9, 2024

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
2.92 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.63 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
1.67 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
2.56 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
38%
RN turnover (yearly)
35%
Administrators who left in the past year
1

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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