Westwood Post Acute

Nursing home in Denver, CO

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)SFF candidate (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address: 3185 W Arkansas Ave, Denver, CO 80219
Phone: (303) 922-1169
Listed under: For-profit
Medicare CCN: 065274
Overall star rating: 2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating: 1 of 5
Staffing rating: 3 of 5
Quality measures rating: 5 of 5
Certified beds: 85
Average residents per day: 69
Ownership: For-profit, corporation
Legal business name: North Star Healthcare LLC
Chain: Pacs Group (274 facilities)
Certified for: Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid: Apr 1, 1990
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 065274. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Apr 25, 2025. CMS lists 50 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Feb 27, 2020 to Apr 25, 2025): 20 from complaint inspections, 6 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 2 at “immediate jeopardy”. CMS lists this facility as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program.

Inspection	Citation	Severity
Apr 25, 2025	Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. Resident Rights	C Potential for minimal harm, widespread
Apr 25, 2025	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. Resident Rights · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. Resident Rights · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. Resident Assessment and Care Planning	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. Resident Assessment and Care Planning	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 25, 2025	Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 50. 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 Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 3 fines totalling $65,470 and 2 denials of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

Apr 25, 2025	Fine: $23,959
Apr 25, 2025	Payment denial for 12 days from May 21, 2025
Mar 7, 2024	Fine: $29,177
Mar 7, 2024	Payment denial for 25 days from Apr 5, 2024
Sep 28, 2023	Fine: $12,334

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

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day: 3.24 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day: 0.49 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day: 1.98 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends: 2.91 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly): 51%
RN turnover (yearly): 50%
Administrators who left in the past year: 0

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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