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Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 160-bed for-profit nursing home in Billings, Montana, part of Eduro Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.80 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 30% below the Montana average of 2.57, and 71.8% nursing staff turnover (Montana average 54.8%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 275029

Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation

2115 Central Ave
Billings, MT 59102
Yellowstone County
Aide hours per resident a day
1.80
Montana average 2.57
Nursing staff turnover
71.8%
Montana average 54.8%
Certified beds
160
about 116 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
4
$142,698 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 Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 1.80 hours per resident per day, 30% below the Montana average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 209 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation, Montana average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeMontana avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)1.802.572.32
Licensed practical nurses0.670.500.86
Registered nurses0.680.980.69
All nursing staff3.154.053.86
All nursing staff, weekends2.803.593.42

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

Staff turnover

71.8% of nursing staff at Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Montana average of 54.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 75.8%. 2 administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
71.8%
Montana 54.8% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
75.8%
Montana 48.3% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
2
Montana average 0.4

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (Montana average 11.5). CMS lists 4 fines totaling $142,698 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
17
From complaints
10
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
1
Fines and payment denials at Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation, last three years
Inspection datePenaltyAmount or length
May 6, 2026Fine$19,635
May 6, 2026Fine$23,600
Aug 28, 2025Fine$87,019
Aug 28, 2025Payment Denial47 days from Oct 2, 2025
Jun 4, 2025Fine$12,444

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. Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation holds 1 of 5 overall; the Montana average is 2.9.

Overall
1 of 5
Health inspections
1 of 5
Staffing
2 of 5
Quality measures
2 of 5

About Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation

  • Ownership: For profit - Individual
  • Chain: Eduro Healthcare, 34 homes
  • Legal name: Yellowstone Nursing and Rehab Center LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1969
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation. Column headers sort the table.
Skyline Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation
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1.41501.933.2674.7%1$413,752
Aspen Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center
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1.5902.383.6376.2%2$115,183
St John's Lutheran Home
Billings
3.11863.425.4044.6%4None
Billings Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC
Billings
3.41002.203.3472.5%2$62,797
River Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC
Billings
6.71291.933.2350.0%2$80,893
Laurel Health & Rehabilitation Center
Laurel
11.6791.893.2467.6%1$7,163
Beartooth Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC
Columbus · SFF candidate · abuse citation
34.5—1.862.95—1$50,592
Awe Kualawaache Care Center
Crow Agency
55.5402.454.0861.5%4None

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.