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Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a 121-bed for-profit nursing home in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, part of Century Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.15 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 53.9% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 395651

Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

395 Middle Road
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Luzerne County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.15
Pennsylvania average 2.19
Nursing staff turnover
53.9%
Pennsylvania average 44.5%
Certified beds
121
about 116 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
2
$123,390 total

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 Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.15 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 249 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Pennsylvania average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homePennsylvania avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.152.192.32
Licensed practical nurses0.770.910.86
Registered nurses0.420.790.69
All nursing staff3.343.893.86
All nursing staff, weekends3.073.533.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

53.9% of nursing staff at Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 62.5%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
53.9%
Pennsylvania 44.5% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
62.5%
Pennsylvania 39.9% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
Pennsylvania average 0.6

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 31, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $123,390 in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
17
From complaints
8
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0
Fines and payment denials at Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, last three years
Inspection datePenaltyAmount or length
Aug 20, 2025Fine$115,372
Oct 24, 2024Fine$8,018

CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.

Overall
1 of 5
Health inspections
1 of 5
Staffing
1 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

About Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Chain: Century Healthcare, 9 homes
  • Legal name: Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 9, 1984
  • Part of a continuing care retirement community
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. Column headers sort the table.
Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
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1.71102.133.4558.9%1$291,613
Edenbrook at Hampton
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2.91042.083.5758.3%3None
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5.51061.903.1840.4%2None
Allied Services Meade Street Skilled Nursing
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6.21332.443.9946.5%4None
Allied Services Center City Skilled Nursing
Wilkes Barre
6.4922.434.1742.7%3None
Embassy of Wyoming Valley
Wilkes Barre · abuse citation
6.71202.143.5042.4%2$20,496
Edenbrook on Second Ave
Kingston
6.81602.193.6265.6%1None
Riverstreet Manor
Wilkes-Barre · abuse citation
7.41221.833.1643.8%2$8,278

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.