Gateway Transitional Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Gateway Transitional Care Center is a 102-bed for-profit nursing home in Pocatello, Idaho, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.09 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the Idaho average of 2.44, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Idaho average 50.3%).
Gateway Transitional Care Center
527 Memorial DrivePocatello, ID 83201
Bannock 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 Gateway Transitional Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.09 hours per resident per day, 14% below the Idaho average. With about 86 residents a day, that works out to roughly 178 aide hours a day, or about 22 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Idaho avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.09 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.76 | 4.04 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.42 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
50.0% of nursing staff at Gateway Transitional Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Idaho average of 50.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 26.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 health deficiencies (Idaho average 10.2). 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. Gateway Transitional Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Idaho average is 3.1.
About Gateway Transitional Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Pocatello Health Services Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Gateway Transitional Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Idaho State Veterans Home - Pocatello Pocatello | 1.0 | 66 | 2.91 | 4.95 | 48.6% | 5 | None |
| Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center Pocatello | 1.7 | 113 | 2.26 | 3.50 | 45.7% | 5 | None |
| Quinn Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center Pocatello | 3.3 | 41 | 2.63 | 4.28 | — | 2 | None |
| Power County Skilled Nursing Facility American Falls | 22.1 | 21 | 2.92 | 4.63 | — | 1 | None |
| Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility Blackfoot | 22.5 | 42 | 3.87 | 5.79 | 37.3% | 5 | $13,923 |
| Bingham Memorial Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Blackfoot | 22.8 | 27 | — | — | — | 4 | None |
| Promontory Point Rehabilitation Ammon | 45.9 | 50 | 3.29 | 5.62 | 21.3% | 5 | None |
| Teton Healthcare of Cascadia Idaho Falls | 47.1 | 88 | 2.03 | 3.78 | 60.8% | 1 | $36,190 |
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.