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Lutheran Care Center

Nursing home in Altamont, IL

Medicare & Medicaid certified5★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
702 West Cumberland, Altamont, IL 62411
Phone
(618) 483-6136
Listed under
Nonprofit, 4–5 star overall rating
Medicare CCN
145380
Overall star rating
5 of 5 ★★★★★
Health inspection rating
4 of 5
Staffing rating
5 of 5
Quality measures rating
3 of 5
Certified beds
96
Average residents per day
46
Ownership
Nonprofit, corporation
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Jan 9, 1979
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 145380. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-11-07.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Sep 30, 2025. CMS lists 11 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 9, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 4 from complaint inspections, 3 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 1 at “immediate jeopardy”.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Sep 30, 2025Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental		B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Sep 30, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 30, 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
Mar 28, 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
Nov 15, 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		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 15, 2024Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 26, 2024Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jul 26, 2024Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care		G
Actual harm, isolated
Jun 9, 2023Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental		B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Jun 9, 2023Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jun 9, 2023Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

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 3 fines totalling $36,553 in the last three years.

Sep 30, 2025Fine: $17,345
Mar 28, 2025Fine: $11,190
Jul 26, 2024Fine: $8,018

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
3.40 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.60 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.28 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.02 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
20%
RN turnover (yearly)
20%
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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