Pine Crest Health and Memory Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pine Crest Health and Memory Care is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Merrill, Wisconsin, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.47 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 58.3% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Pine Crest Health and Memory Care
2100 E Sixth StMerrill, WI 54452
Lincoln 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 Pine Crest Health and Memory Care, nurse aides logged 2.47 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Wisconsin average. With about 90 residents a day, that works out to roughly 223 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.47 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.98 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.42 | 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
58.3% of nursing staff at Pine Crest Health and Memory Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 4, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Pine Crest Health and Memory Care holds 3 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Pine Crest Health and Memory Care
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Jack Pines Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 19, 1983
- Changed ownership in the last 12 months
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Pine Crest Health and Memory Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Wood Aven Health and Rehabilitation Wausau | 13.6 | 82 | 2.21 | 3.90 | 60.2% | 3 | None |
| Amethyst Health of Wausau Wausau · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 14.9 | 80 | 2.74 | 4.17 | 62.2% | 1 | $35,173 |
| Wausau Manor Health Services Wausau | 15.0 | 68 | 2.04 | 3.58 | 32.1% | 3 | None |
| North Central Health Care Wausau | 15.9 | 159 | 2.63 | 4.29 | 36.5% | 2 | $56,244 |
| Tomahawk Health Services Tomahawk | 19.7 | 50 | 2.17 | 3.52 | 40.0% | 2 | None |
| Riverview Health Services Tomahawk | 20.3 | 50 | 1.92 | 3.58 | 37.5% | 3 | $5,286 |
| Rennes Health and Rehab Center-Weston Weston | 20.5 | 130 | 2.58 | 4.09 | 52.0% | 5 | None |
| Pride TLC Therapy and Living Campus Weston | 21.2 | 25 | 3.06 | 5.62 | 35.1% | 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.