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Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau

Nursing home in Cape Girardeau, MO

Medicare & Medicaid certified1★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
365 South Broadview Street, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Phone
(573) 335-2086
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
265185
Overall star rating
1 of 5 ★☆☆☆☆
Health inspection rating
2 of 5
Staffing rating
1 of 5
Quality measures rating
3 of 5
Certified beds
120
Average residents per day
85
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Cape Girardeau Operations, LLC
Chain
Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Nov 30, 1982
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 265185. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: May 22, 2025. CMS lists 45 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Oct 6, 2022 to Dec 16, 2025): 17 from complaint inspections, 7 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 2 at “immediate jeopardy”.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Dec 16, 2025Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jun 27, 2025Provide 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 · complaint inspection		J
Immediate jeopardy, isolated
May 22, 2025The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Resident Rights		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
May 22, 2025Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Provide 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
May 22, 2025Provide 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
May 22, 2025Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 45. 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 4 fines totalling $149,578 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

May 22, 2025Fine: $81,955
May 22, 2025Payment denial for 19 days from Jul 25, 2025
Mar 18, 2025Fine: $17,345
Nov 26, 2024Fine: $30,030
Aug 22, 2024Fine: $20,248

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
3.53 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.55 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
1.84 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.11 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
69%
RN turnover (yearly)
89%
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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