Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit is a 44-bed nonprofit nursing home in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.45 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% above the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 26.2% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit
150 Mundy StreetWilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Luzerne 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 Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit, nurse aides logged 2.45 hours per resident per day, 12% above the Pennsylvania average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 87 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.45 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.92 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.08 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.37 | 3.53 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
26.2% of nursing staff at Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 13.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). 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. Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit holds 5 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Heinz Transitional Rehabilitation Unit
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 11, 2007
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: urban
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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.