Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center is a 173-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbia, Pennsylvania. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.83 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 47.7% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center
745 Old Chickies Hill RoadColumbia, PA 17512
Lancaster 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 Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center, nurse aides logged 1.83 hours per resident per day, 17% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 166 residents a day, that works out to roughly 303 aide hours a day, or about 38 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 | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.83 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.44 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.03 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.78 | 3.53 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
47.7% of nursing staff at Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 9 fines totaling $105,688 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2024 | Fine | $48,731 |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Fine | $4,893 |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Fine | $14,679 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Fine | $4,893 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Fine | $4,892 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Fine | $4,634 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Fine | $4,643 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Fine | $13,778 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Susquehanna Rehabilitation & Wellness Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 31, 1978
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| st anne's retirement community Columbia | 3.2 | 119 | 2.60 | 5.02 | 25.0% | 5 | None |
| Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Elizabethtown | 6.9 | 45 | 2.00 | 3.63 | 50.0% | 2 | None |
| Homestead Village, Inc Lancaster | 8.3 | 60 | 3.19 | 5.11 | 36.2% | 5 | $12,735 |
| Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Elizabethtown | 8.7 | 434 | 2.86 | 4.59 | 27.5% | 5 | None |
| Emerald Nursing and Rehabilitation Elizabethtown | 8.7 | 73 | 2.03 | 3.70 | 69.7% | 2 | $144,615 |
| Trillium Place Lancaster | 8.7 | 160 | 2.79 | 4.79 | 32.9% | 5 | None |
| Abbeyville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent Lancaster | 9.1 | 172 | 1.99 | 3.37 | 55.1% | 3 | None |
| Hamilton Arms Center Lancaster | 9.7 | 94 | 1.84 | 3.33 | 33.7% | 3 | $9,009 |
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.