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Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a 133-bed for-profit nursing home in Altoona, Pennsylvania, part of Abraham Smilow. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.14 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 40.8% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 395241

Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

700 S. Cayuga Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
Blair County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.14
Pennsylvania average 2.19
Nursing staff turnover
40.8%
Pennsylvania average 44.5%
Certified beds
133
about 111 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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 Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.14 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Pennsylvania average. With about 111 residents a day, that works out to roughly 236 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Pennsylvania average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homePennsylvania avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.142.192.32
Licensed practical nurses0.770.910.86
Registered nurses0.490.790.69
All nursing staff3.403.893.86
All nursing staff, weekends3.193.533.42

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

Staff turnover

40.8% of nursing staff at Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation 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 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
40.8%
Pennsylvania 44.5% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
37.5%
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 Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 14 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
14
From complaints
6
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.

Overall
2 of 5
Health inspections
2 of 5
Staffing
2 of 5
Quality measures
3 of 5

About Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Individual
  • Chain: Abraham Smilow, 7 homes
  • Legal name: Hillview SNF Operating Company LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1978
  • Councils: resident and family councils
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

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

Nursing homes near Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Column headers sort the table.
Midtown Oaks Health & Rehab Center
Altoona
1.91202.003.5257.4%1$99,042
Maybrook Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cente
Altoona
2.22402.273.6643.8%2None
Garvey Manor
Hollidaysburg
2.81322.734.4960.0%4$40,641
Hollidaysburg Veterans Home
Hollidaysburg · abuse citation
3.72572.445.1323.3%3None
Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg
Hollidaysburg
3.8892.244.1648.2%2$101,905
Presbyterian Homes-Presby
Hollidaysburg
4.4671.973.6335.8%4$24,759
Homewood Living Martinsburg, Inc
Martinsburg
13.31292.474.3131.4%4None
Morrisons Cove Home
Martinsburg
13.31142.584.4848.9%5None

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.