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Quyanna Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Quyanna Care Center is a 18-bed nonprofit nursing home in Nome, Alaska. In the CMS September 2026 release it reported 5.76 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 42% above the Alaska average of 4.06, and 78.0% nursing staff turnover (Alaska average 50.4%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 025026

Quyanna Care Center

1100 Greg Kruschek Avenue
Nome, AK 99762
Nome County
Aide hours per resident a day
5.76
Alaska average 4.06
Nursing staff turnover
78.0%
Alaska average 50.4%
Certified beds
18
about 18 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

CMS Care Compare, September 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 Quyanna Care Center, nurse aides logged 5.76 hours per resident per day, 42% above the Alaska average. With about 18 residents a day, that works out to roughly 104 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 21% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Quyanna Care Center, Alaska average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeAlaska avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)5.764.062.32
Licensed practical nurses1.450.700.86
Registered nurses2.682.120.69
All nursing staff9.886.883.86
All nursing staff, weekends7.806.093.42

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

Staff turnover

78.0% of nursing staff at Quyanna Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Alaska average of 50.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 76.9%.

Nursing staff turnover
78.0%
Alaska 50.4% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
76.9%
Alaska 48.4% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
—
Alaska average 0.4

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 20, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Alaska average 9.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
3
From complaints
0
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Quyanna Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Alaska average is 3.4.

Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

About Quyanna Care Center

  • Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
  • Legal name: Norton Sound Health Corporation
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1994
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: rural

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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, September 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.