Birch Hill Health Services: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Birch Hill Health Services is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Shawano, Wisconsin, part of North Shore Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.02 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 22% below the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 30.3% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Birch Hill Health Services
1475 Birch Hill LaneShawano, WI 54166
Shawano 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 Birch Hill Health Services, nurse aides logged 2.02 hours per resident per day, 22% below the Wisconsin average. With about 42 residents a day, that works out to roughly 84 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.02 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.63 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.29 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.91 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
30.3% of nursing staff at Birch Hill Health Services left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 11, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Birch Hill Health Services holds 2 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Birch Hill Health Services
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: North Shore Healthcare, 59 homes
- Legal name: NSH Shawano-Birch LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1988
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Birch Hill Health Services
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Evergreen Health Services Shawano | 0.5 | 50 | 2.03 | 3.58 | 52.4% | 2 | $14,020 |
| Shawano Health Services Shawano | 0.8 | 100 | 2.16 | 3.54 | 35.7% | 4 | None |
| The Pines Post Acute and Memory Care Clintonville | 7.7 | 50 | 2.22 | 3.40 | 52.7% | 4 | $11,960 |
| Greentree Health and Rehabilitation Center Clintonville | 12.3 | 50 | 2.15 | 3.62 | — | 3 | None |
| Suring Health and Rehab Center Suring | 19.6 | 50 | 1.89 | 3.01 | 48.6% | 1 | $84,425 |
| Good Shepherd Services LTD Seymour | 21.2 | 50 | 2.74 | 4.48 | 52.9% | 4 | None |
| Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls Oconto Falls | 22.9 | 99 | 2.13 | 3.62 | 35.4% | 2 | $43,234 |
| Manawa Com Nur CTR Manawa · many days without an RN | 26.5 | 25 | 3.04 | 4.82 | 51.3% | 1 | $17,716 |
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.