Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center is a 195-bed for-profit nursing home in Huntington Station, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.31 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% above the New York average of 2.15, and 31.4% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center
78 Birchwood DrHuntington Station, NY 11746
Suffolk 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 Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.31 hours per resident per day, 7% above the New York average. With about 184 residents a day, that works out to roughly 424 aide hours a day, or about 53 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.31 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.31 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.07 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.69 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.30 | 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
31.4% of nursing staff at Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 16, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). 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. Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: S & L Birchwood LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitat Melville | 1.7 | 320 | 2.17 | 3.65 | 22.4% | 4 | None |
| Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Huntington | 1.9 | 315 | 1.87 | 3.40 | 39.7% | 4 | $22,523 |
| Pine Forest Car Center for Rehab & Healthcare Huntington | 3.0 | 76 | 1.83 | 3.15 | 16.1% | 1 | $15,733 |
| White Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Woodbury | 3.6 | 200 | 2.37 | 3.73 | 22.4% | 3 | $8,278 |
| Excel At Woodbury for Rehabilitation and Nursing Woodbury | 3.6 | 123 | 2.16 | 3.96 | 22.8% | 5 | None |
| Woodbury Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Woodbury | 4.0 | 606 | 2.13 | 3.49 | 44.7% | 1 | $117,712 |
| Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Commack | 4.9 | 460 | 2.09 | 3.59 | 25.8% | 5 | None |
| Central Island Healthcare Plainview | 5.8 | 202 | 2.24 | 3.63 | 26.8% | 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.