Knollwood Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Knollwood Healthcare is a 71-bed for-profit nursing home in Mobile, Alabama, part of Ephram Lahasky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.08 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% below the Alabama average of 2.44, and 74.2% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Knollwood Healthcare
3151-A Knollwood DriveMobile, AL 36693
Mobile County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility. CMS places nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues in its Special Focus Facility program, which brings more frequent inspections.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Knollwood Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.08 hours per resident per day, 15% below the Alabama average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 117 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Alabama avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.08 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.42 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.85 | 3.26 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
74.2% of nursing staff at Knollwood Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Alabama average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 58.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Alabama average 4.0). CMS lists 4 fines totaling $318,070 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2025 | Fine | $187,110 |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Fine | $6,661 |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Fine | $10,555 |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Fine | $113,744 |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Payment Denial | 116 days from May 23, 2024 |
CMS Penalties file, August 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. Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
About Knollwood Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Ephram Lahasky, 22 homes
- Legal name: Knollwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 21, 2012
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Knollwood Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lynwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Mobile | 2.2 | 127 | 2.32 | 3.97 | 50.3% | 2 | None |
| Gulf Coast Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Mobile | 3.5 | 100 | 2.46 | 3.96 | 50.9% | 2 | None |
| Mobile Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Mobile | 4.1 | 120 | 1.88 | 3.12 | 62.8% | 2 | $8,788 |
| Crowne Health Care of Mobile Mobile | 4.7 | 148 | 2.76 | 4.95 | 25.7% | 3 | None |
| Springhill Senior Residence Mobile | 4.8 | 151 | 2.09 | 3.89 | 48.4% | 4 | None |
| Crowne Health Care of Springhill Mobile | 4.9 | 46 | 2.47 | 4.67 | 41.4% | 5 | None |
| Palm Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Mobile | 6.6 | 100 | 2.22 | 3.84 | 68.4% | 5 | None |
| Ashland Place Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Mobile | 6.8 | 164 | 2.39 | 3.81 | 59.2% | 3 | 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.