Heritage Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Care Center is a 143-bed for-profit nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Wecare Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 60.2% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Heritage Care Center
5701 Phillips AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15217
Allegheny County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Heritage Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.75 hours per resident per day, 20% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 107 residents a day, that works out to roughly 188 aide hours a day, or about 24 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 | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.75 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.56 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.96 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.60 | 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
60.2% of nursing staff at Heritage Care 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%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 21, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 38 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. Heritage Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Heritage Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Wecare Centers, 13 homes
- Legal name: Her Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 9, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Heritage Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Squirrel Hill Wellness and Rehabilitation Center Pittsburgh · SFF candidate · abuse citation · no staffing data submitted | 0.3 | 178 | — | — | — | 1 | $184,782 |
| Ivy Park Post Acute Pittsburgh | 1.3 | 150 | 1.82 | 3.29 | 60.3% | 2 | $14,069 |
| John J Kane Regional Center-Gl Pittsburgh · abuse citation | 1.7 | 255 | 1.60 | 2.82 | 56.3% | 2 | None |
| Upmc Magee-Womens Hospital Tcu Pittsburgh | 1.9 | 20 | 2.40 | 6.41 | 25.8% | 5 | None |
| Burgh Care Center Pittsburgh · SFF candidate | 2.0 | 126 | 1.97 | 3.39 | 51.4% | 1 | $347,202 |
| Champion City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Pittsburgh · abuse citation | 2.0 | 187 | 1.76 | 2.96 | 60.7% | 1 | $7,656 |
| East End Health & Rehab Center Pittsburgh | 2.6 | 144 | 1.88 | 3.47 | 58.4% | 3 | None |
| Canterbury Place Pittsburgh · abuse citation | 3.0 | 115 | 2.36 | 3.96 | 41.6% | 1 | 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.