PortagePointe: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
PortagePointe is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Hancock, Michigan, part of Lifepoint Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 4.25 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 82% above the Michigan average of 2.33.
PortagePointe
500 Campus DriveHancock, MI 49930
Houghton 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 PortagePointe, nurse aides logged 4.25 hours per resident per day, 82% above the Michigan average. With about 58 residents a day, that works out to roughly 246 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Michigan avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 4.25 | 2.33 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.06 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.14 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.45 | 3.99 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.94 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for PortagePointe in this release. 1 administrator left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
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 4 health deficiencies (Michigan average 10.1). 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. PortagePointe holds 3 of 5 overall; the Michigan average is 3.1.
About PortagePointe
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Lifepoint Health, 8 homes
- Legal name: Portage Hospital LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 15, 2006
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near PortagePointe
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Ce Hancock | 0.4 | 39 | 2.13 | 3.99 | 62.7% | 1 | $180,775 |
| Canal View - Houghton County Hancock | 1.1 | 197 | 3.25 | 4.90 | 47.0% | 4 | $39,988 |
| Greentree of Hubbell Rehabilitation and Health Hubbell | 7.9 | 55 | 2.24 | 3.38 | 43.8% | 1 | $59,940 |
| Bayside Village L' Anse · SFF candidate | 26.8 | 59 | 2.02 | 3.23 | — | 1 | $128,467 |
| Marquette County Medical Care Facility Ishpeming | 63.0 | 140 | 3.39 | 5.06 | 23.8% | 5 | None |
| Eastwood Nursing Center Negaunee | 63.7 | 100 | 2.35 | 3.99 | 48.2% | 5 | None |
| Norlite Nursing Center Marquette | 69.6 | 99 | 2.84 | 4.29 | 50.7% | 3 | $113,129 |
| DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans Marquette · abuse citation | 69.8 | 81 | 3.01 | 5.41 | 21.2% | 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.