Mulder Health Care Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mulder Health Care Facility is a 87-bed for-profit nursing home in West Salem, Wisconsin, part of Atrium Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.99 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 44.6% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Mulder Health Care Facility
713 Leonard St NWest Salem, WI 54669
La Crosse County
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 Mulder Health Care Facility, nurse aides logged 1.99 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Wisconsin average. With about 77 residents a day, that works out to roughly 154 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.99 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.35 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.08 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.43 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.02 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
44.6% of nursing staff at Mulder Health Care Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 14, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 28 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $200,694 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2025 | Fine | $186,261 |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Fine | $14,433 |
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. Mulder Health Care Facility holds 1 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Mulder Health Care Facility
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Atrium Centers, 26 homes
- Legal name: Orion West Salem LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 11, 1968
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Mulder Health Care Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lakeview Health Center West Salem | 0.7 | 50 | 3.97 | 6.06 | 39.2% | 5 | None |
| Onalaska Care Center Onalaska | 6.8 | 80 | 2.67 | 4.41 | 42.9% | 5 | None |
| Hillview Health Care Ctr La Crosse | 10.6 | 37 | 2.79 | 4.61 | 40.7% | 5 | None |
| Benedictine Manor of LaCrosse La Crosse | 11.4 | 80 | 2.22 | 3.56 | 49.4% | 1 | $90,784 |
| Riverside La Crosse | 11.7 | 123 | 3.05 | 4.80 | 47.4% | 4 | $21,645 |
| Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr La Crosse | 11.7 | 100 | 2.45 | 4.21 | 40.4% | 4 | None |
| La Crescent Health Services La Crescent | 12.7 | 42 | 2.16 | 3.86 | 48.4% | 1 | None |
| Morrow Memorial Home Sparta | 13.7 | 80 | 2.90 | 4.33 | 40.6% | 5 | 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.