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Utuqqanaat Inaat: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Utuqqanaat Inaat is a 18-bed nonprofit nursing home in Kotzebue, Alaska. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 5.12 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 30% above the Alaska average of 3.95, and 73.7% nursing staff turnover (Alaska average 48.3%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 025035

Utuqqanaat Inaat

436 Mission Street
Kotzebue, AK 99752
Northwest Arctic County
Aide hours per resident a day
5.12
Alaska average 3.95
Nursing staff turnover
73.7%
Alaska average 48.3%
Certified beds
18
about 17 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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 Utuqqanaat Inaat, nurse aides logged 5.12 hours per resident per day, 30% above the Alaska average. With about 17 residents a day, that works out to roughly 87 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Utuqqanaat Inaat, Alaska average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeAlaska avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)5.123.952.32
Licensed practical nurses1.530.660.86
Registered nurses0.962.080.69
All nursing staff7.616.693.86
All nursing staff, weekends7.165.983.42

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

Staff turnover

73.7% of nursing staff at Utuqqanaat Inaat left over the year CMS measured, against a Alaska average of 48.3% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
73.7%
Alaska 48.3% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
—
Alaska 46.0% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
Alaska average 0.4

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Alaska average 8.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
2
From complaints
1
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. Utuqqanaat Inaat holds 5 of 5 overall; the Alaska average is 3.5.

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

About Utuqqanaat Inaat

  • Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
  • Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 15, 2012
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: rural

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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.