Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 123-bed for-profit nursing home in Newburyport, Massachusetts, part of Atlas Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 55.9% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
6 Hale StreetNewburyport, MA 01950
Essex 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 Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.03 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Massachusetts average. With about 122 residents a day, that works out to roughly 247 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.03 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.12 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.66 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.18 | 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
55.9% of nursing staff at Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 67.9%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). 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. Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Atlas Healthcare, 29 homes
- Legal name: Newburyport SNF Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1983
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Adviniacare Newburyport Newburyport | 0.6 | 111 | 1.86 | 3.23 | 44.3% | 2 | $322,104 |
| The Mansion at Brigham Newburyport | 1.1 | 64 | 2.17 | 3.52 | — | 1 | $152,988 |
| Maplewood Center Amesbury · SFF candidate · many days without an RN | 3.4 | 120 | 1.73 | 2.99 | 55.2% | 1 | $226,445 |
| Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation Amesbury · SFF candidate | 4.2 | 130 | 1.69 | 3.10 | 52.8% | 1 | $255,935 |
| Lakeview House Skld Nrsg and Residential Care Fac Haverhill | 8.1 | 91 | 2.25 | 4.19 | 20.8% | 4 | None |
| Baker-Katz Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr Haverhill | 8.8 | 77 | 2.49 | 3.58 | 42.6% | 4 | None |
| Penacook Place, Inc Haverhill | 9.4 | 160 | 2.32 | 3.76 | 39.0% | 4 | $10,868 |
| Aspen Hill Rehabiliation & Healthcare Center Haverhill | 9.7 | 146 | 2.08 | 3.64 | 46.0% | 3 | $134,274 |
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.