Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 159-bed for-profit nursing home in Huntsville, Alabama, part of Venza Care Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.20 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Alabama average of 2.44, and 63.8% nursing staff turnover (Alabama average 46.9%).
Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
105 Teakwood Drive SWHuntsville, AL 35801
Madison 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 Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.20 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Alabama average. With about 126 residents a day, that works out to roughly 277 aide hours a day, or about 35 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 | Alabama avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.20 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.47 | 0.79 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.18 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.84 | 3.88 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.31 | 3.26 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
63.8% of nursing staff at Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Alabama average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 52.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 26, 2023. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (Alabama average 4.0). 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. Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Alabama average is 3.0.
About Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Venza Care Management, 25 homes
- Legal name: Whitesburg SNF Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1972
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Huntsville Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Huntsville | 1.3 | 105 | 2.72 | 3.92 | 63.0% | 1 | None |
| Diversicare of Big Springs Huntsville | 1.9 | 145 | 2.04 | 3.12 | 47.1% | 4 | None |
| Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Ctr at Magnolia Trace Huntsville | 2.1 | 59 | 2.37 | 4.05 | 14.3% | 5 | None |
| Windsor House Huntsville | 3.6 | 117 | 1.75 | 2.84 | 56.8% | 1 | $266,231 |
| Brookshire Healthcare Center Huntsville | 3.6 | 129 | 2.56 | 3.98 | 52.1% | 3 | None |
| Regency Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Huntsville | 4.5 | 90 | 2.56 | 4.30 | 62.7% | 1 | $16,801 |
| Fairview at Redstone Village Huntsville | 6.4 | 56 | 2.92 | 4.43 | 35.5% | 4 | None |
| The Health Center at Research Park Huntsville · abuse citation | 6.5 | 91 | 2.17 | 3.46 | 54.7% | 1 | $69,011 |
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.