Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation is a 130-bed for-profit nursing home in Amesbury, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.69 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 52.8% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation
22 Maple StreetAmesbury, MA 01913
Essex 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 Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 1.69 hours per resident per day, 25% below the Massachusetts average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 116 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.69 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.10 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.84 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
52.8% of nursing staff at Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 29, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 24 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 3 fines totaling $255,935 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Fine | $16,350 |
| May 29, 2025 | Fine | $78,198 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Fine | $161,387 |
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. Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation holds 1 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Blupoint Merrimack Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 7, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Maplewood Center Amesbury · SFF candidate · many days without an RN | 0.8 | 120 | 1.73 | 2.99 | 55.2% | 1 | $226,445 |
| Adviniacare Newburyport Newburyport | 3.6 | 111 | 1.86 | 3.23 | 44.3% | 2 | $322,104 |
| Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Newburyport | 4.2 | 123 | 2.03 | 3.66 | 55.9% | 2 | None |
| The Mansion at Brigham Newburyport | 5.1 | 64 | 2.17 | 3.52 | — | 1 | $152,988 |
| Lakeview House Skld Nrsg and Residential Care Fac Haverhill | 6.9 | 91 | 2.25 | 4.19 | 20.8% | 4 | None |
| Aspen Hill Rehabiliation & Healthcare Center Haverhill | 8.1 | 146 | 2.08 | 3.64 | 46.0% | 3 | $134,274 |
| Riverwoods at Exeter Exeter | 8.3 | 8 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Baker-Katz Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr Haverhill | 8.4 | 77 | 2.49 | 3.58 | 42.6% | 4 | 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.