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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%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 395400

Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center

745 Old Chickies Hill Road
Columbia, PA 17512
Lancaster County
Aide hours per resident a day
1.83
Pennsylvania average 2.19
Nursing staff turnover
47.7%
Pennsylvania average 44.5%
Certified beds
173
about 166 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
9
$105,688 total

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.

Staff hours per resident per day at Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center, Pennsylvania average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homePennsylvania avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)1.832.192.32
Licensed practical nurses0.760.910.86
Registered nurses0.440.790.69
All nursing staff3.033.893.86
All nursing staff, weekends2.783.533.42

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.

Nursing staff turnover
47.7%
Pennsylvania 44.5% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
30.0%
Pennsylvania 39.9% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
Pennsylvania average 0.6

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.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
10
From complaints
1
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0
Fines and payment denials at Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center, last three years
Inspection datePenaltyAmount or length
Mar 29, 2024Fine$48,731
Feb 20, 2024Fine$4,893
Jan 30, 2024Fine$14,679
Jan 8, 2024Fine$4,893
Jan 2, 2024Fine$4,545
Dec 11, 2023Fine$4,892
Nov 20, 2023Fine$4,634
Nov 13, 2023Fine$4,643
Oct 23, 2023Fine$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.

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

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

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Emerald Nursing and Rehabilitation
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8.7732.033.7069.7%2$144,615
Trillium Place
Lancaster
8.71602.794.7932.9%5None
Abbeyville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent
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9.11721.993.3755.1%3None
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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.