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Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 297-bed for-profit nursing home in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, part of Saber Healthcare Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 36.2% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 395582

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

403 Hazle Township Boulevard
Hazleton, PA 18202
Luzerne County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.03
Pennsylvania average 2.19
Nursing staff turnover
36.2%
Pennsylvania average 44.5%
Certified beds
297
about 227 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
1
$171,403 total

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release

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 Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.03 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 227 residents a day, that works out to roughly 460 aide hours a day, or about 57 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Pennsylvania average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homePennsylvania avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.032.192.32
Licensed practical nurses0.990.910.86
Registered nurses0.330.790.69
All nursing staff3.353.893.86
All nursing staff, weekends3.033.533.42

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

Staff turnover

36.2% of nursing staff at Mountain City Nursing & 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 45.5%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
36.2%
Pennsylvania 44.5% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
45.5%
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 Feb 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $171,403 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
7
From complaints
2
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
1
Fines and payment denials at Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, last three years
Inspection datePenaltyAmount or length
Mar 20, 2024Fine$171,403
Mar 20, 2024Payment Denial39 days from Jun 20, 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. Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.

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

About Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Corporation
  • Chain: Saber Healthcare Group, 126 homes
  • Legal name: Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1983
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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

Nursing homes near Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Column headers sort the table.
The Pavilion at St Luke Village
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1.81201.993.4447.1%2$90,662
The Manor at St Luke Village
Hazleton
1.81042.063.60—2None
Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Luzerne
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6.2372.003.7536.1%1$86,122
Forest Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
Weatherly · abuse citation
8.52002.153.41—1None
Greenwood Center for Nursing and Rehab
Tamaqua
9.51501.993.2364.9%1None
St Luke's Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Coaldale
10.1482.464.3720.9%5None
Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
Mountain Top · abuse citation
13.81061.903.1840.4%2None
Mahoning Operating LLC
Lehighton
14.41422.193.59—3None

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.