Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 144-bed for-profit nursing home in Ruston, Louisiana, part of Priority Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.14 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the Louisiana average of 2.27, and 35.6% nursing staff turnover (Louisiana average 47.6%).
Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
2401 North Service RoadRuston, LA 71270
Lincoln County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.14 hours per resident per day, 6% below the Louisiana average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 248 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Louisiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.14 | 2.27 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 1.15 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.15 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.65 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
35.6% of nursing staff at Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Louisiana average of 47.6% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 13, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Louisiana average 6.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation holds 1 of 5 overall; the Louisiana average is 2.5.
About Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Priority Management, 38 homes
- Legal name: PMG Opco-Alpine LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 11, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Princeton Place-Ruston Ruston | 10.9 | 123 | 2.31 | 3.49 | 50.0% | 4 | None |
| Leslie Lakes Retirement Center Arcadia | 13.0 | 150 | 2.16 | 3.20 | 38.2% | 4 | $59,670 |
| Forest Haven Nursing & Rehab Ctr, LLC Jonesboro | 13.1 | 139 | 2.33 | 3.80 | 51.8% | 3 | None |
| Willow Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,llc Arcadia | 13.4 | 120 | 2.32 | 3.50 | 43.7% | 3 | None |
| Onyx Care of Ruston Ruston | 14.9 | 157 | 2.42 | 3.63 | 52.8% | 1 | $36,891 |
| Wyatt Manor Nursing and Rehab Ctr, Inc Jonesboro | 18.2 | 62 | 2.22 | 3.69 | 46.3% | 4 | $17,275 |
| Onyx Care of Bernice Bernice | 28.3 | 126 | 2.27 | 3.51 | 37.8% | 1 | $9,974 |
| Presbyterian Village Of Homer Homer | 29.8 | 79 | 2.00 | 3.52 | 34.1% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.