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Riverbend Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, INC

Nursing home in Belle Chasse, LA

Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
13735 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, LA 70037
Phone
(504) 656-0068
Listed under
For-profit, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
195481
Overall star rating
3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
Health inspection rating
4 of 5
Staffing rating
3 of 5
Quality measures rating
1 of 5
Certified beds
120
Average residents per day
103
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Riverbend Nursing and Rehabilitation Center INC
Chain
Inspired Healthcare Management (6 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Nov 18, 1999
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 195481. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Sep 10, 2025. CMS lists 31 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Aug 2, 2023 to Sep 10, 2025): 8 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Sep 10, 2025Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 10, 2025Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 10, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 28, 2025Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 28, 2025Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Oct 10, 2024Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Oct 10, 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
Oct 10, 2024Provide 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
Oct 10, 2024Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Oct 10, 2024Provide 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
Oct 10, 2024Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Oct 10, 2024Ensure 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…
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 31. 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 no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.

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
3.72 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.20 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.33 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.34 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
41%
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.