Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation is a 118-bed nonprofit nursing home in Independence, Missouri, part of Blue Sky Basin, LLC. In the CMS September 2026 release it reported 3.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 35% above the Missouri average of 2.29.
Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation
17451 Medical Center ParkwayIndependence, MO 64057
Jackson County
CMS Care Compare, September 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.
Cited for abuse or neglect. CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: it was cited for abuse or neglect that caused harm on its most recent inspection cycle, or for abuse or neglect with potential for harm on each of its last two cycles.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 3.10 hours per resident per day, 35% above the Missouri average. With about 55 residents a day, that works out to roughly 170 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 4% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.10 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.83 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.21 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.03 | 3.01 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, September 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 47 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.4). CMS lists 17 fines totaling $228,192 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2025 | Payment Denial | 75 days from Apr 1, 2025 |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Fine | $134,345 |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Fine | $4,938 |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Fine | $4,938 |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Fine | $14,814 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Fine | $4,938 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Fine | $13,762 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
CMS Penalties file, September 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. Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation holds 1 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Blue Sky Basin, LLC, 5 homes
- Legal name: Independence Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Rehabilitation Center of Independence Independence · abuse citation | 0.8 | 130 | 1.83 | 2.68 | 73.7% | 2 | $71,208 |
| Carmel Hills Wellness & Rehabilitation Independence | 1.7 | 194 | 2.04 | 2.75 | 54.7% | 1 | $20,787 |
| Sunterra Springs Independence Independence | 2.0 | 38 | 2.20 | 4.11 | 65.4% | 5 | None |
| Villages of Jackson Creek Independence | 2.5 | 120 | 2.20 | 3.36 | 55.2% | 2 | $29,186 |
| Independence Manor Care Center Independence | 3.3 | 99 | 2.31 | 3.30 | 43.6% | 3 | None |
| Monterey Park Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Independence | 3.3 | 122 | 2.20 | 3.71 | 54.7% | 3 | None |
| Ignite Medical Resort Blue Springs Blue Springs | 3.4 | 90 | 1.55 | 3.51 | 55.7% | 5 | None |
| Rosewood Rehab and Healthcare Center Independence · abuse citation | 3.5 | 300 | 2.50 | 3.51 | 59.8% | 2 | $67,052 |
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, September 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.