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Northwestern Healthcare Center

Nursing home in Berea, OH

Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
570 North Rocky River Drive, Berea, OH 44017
Phone
(440) 243-2122
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
365811
Overall star rating
3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
Health inspection rating
2 of 5
Staffing rating
2 of 5
Quality measures rating
5 of 5
Certified beds
100
Average residents per day
48
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Rocky River Leasing CO., LLC
Chain
Communicare Health (110 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Oct 25, 1990
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 365811. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Aug 27, 2025. CMS lists 33 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Sep 14, 2021 to Aug 27, 2025): 15 from complaint inspections, 4 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 2 at “immediate jeopardy”.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Aug 27, 2025Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
Aug 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		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
Aug 27, 2025Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 27, 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
Aug 27, 2025Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 27, 2025Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 27, 2025Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 27, 2025Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 27, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Aug 27, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Aug 27, 2025Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Aug 27, 2025Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Administration		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread

Showing the 12 most recent of 33. 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 $152,195 in the last three years.

Aug 27, 2025Fine: $68,250
Aug 26, 2024Fine: $26,813
May 7, 2024Fine: $57,132

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
3.45 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.64 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
1.95 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.19 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
60%
RN turnover (yearly)
64%
Administrators who left in the past year
2

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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