South Hill Rehabilitation and Care CenterCMS ratings, inspections and fines
- Address
- 17 East 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202
- CCN
- 505414
- Ownership type
- For-profit, limited liability company
- Certified beds
- 113
- Chain
- The Ensign Group
- Residents per day
- 84
- CMS flags
- None in the CMS record
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CMS gives South Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center an overall rating of 5 of 5 stars. The last standard survey was on 18 Jun 2025. The latest survey cycle has 12 health citations. The median for nursing homes in Washington is 14. CMS lists no fines for this home in its penalties file.
Facilities may see a change in their overall rating for a number of reasons. Since the overall rating is based on three individual domains, a change in any one of the domains can affect the overall rating. Any new data for a nursing home could potentially change a star rating domain.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Five-Star Quality Rating System: Technical Users' Guide, July 2026. CMS processed this record on .
Since the last CMS update
The site has no recorded change for this home. In each CMS update, the site compares the ratings, the penalties and the citations of each home.
Changes in the CMS recordFeed of changes in Washington (RSS)
Ratings
CMS gives each home 1 to 5 stars for health inspections, for staffing and for quality measures, and one overall rating.
| Rating (1 to 5 stars) | This home | Spokane County median | Washington median | US average (CMS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Health inspection rating | 4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Staffing rating | 3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| Quality measure rating | 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
A median is the middle value of the homes in the group: 16 homes in the county, 193 homes in the state. What the CMS star ratings measure
Citations by survey cycle
CMS keeps the last three cycles, and cycle 1 is the latest. A cycle has one standard survey. Citations from complaint and infection control inspections go into cycles of 12 months.
| Survey cycle | Standard survey | Citations | Washington median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle 1 (latest) | 18 Jun 2025 | 12 | 14 |
| Cycle 2 | 22 Feb 2024 | 11 | 17 |
| Cycle 3 | No date | 7 | 13 |
Health citations
The record of one deficiency in an inspection. One inspection can give many citations.
Scope and severity. A letter from A to L on each citation. Scope is the number of residents that the deficiency affected. Severity is the level of harm.
| Severity | Isolated | Pattern | Widespread |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety | J0 | K0 | L0 |
| Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy | G0 | H0 | I0 |
| No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | |||
| No actual harm, potential for minimal harm | A0 | B0 | C0 |
Survey cycle 1 (latest): 12 citations
Standard survey of this cycle: .
| Survey date | F-tag | Requirement (CMS text) | Scope and severity | Survey type | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | Complaint investigation | 5 Jan 2026 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | E | Complaint investigation | 5 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0552 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0565 | Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | E | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0692 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0693 | Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0761 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0849 | Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E | Standard survey | 15 Jul 2025 |
Survey cycle 2: 11 citations
Standard survey of this cycle: .
| Survey date | F-tag | Requirement (CMS text) | Scope and severity | Survey type | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2025 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D | Complaint investigation | 25 Jun 2025 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D | Standard survey | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0610 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | D | Complaint investigation | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D | Standard survey | 16 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0757 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D | Standard survey | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0760 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D | Standard survey | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0801 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | F | Standard survey | 6 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0803 | Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | D | Standard survey | 22 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0810 | Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. | D | Standard survey | 22 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Standard survey | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D | Standard survey | 11 Mar 2024 |
Survey cycle 3: 7 citations
The CMS provider file has no standard survey date for this cycle.
| Survey date | F-tag | Requirement (CMS text) | Scope and severity | Survey type | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2024 | F0585 | Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | D | Complaint investigation | 19 Apr 2024 |
| 9 Apr 2024 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D | Complaint investigation | 19 Apr 2024 |
| 9 Apr 2024 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Complaint investigation | 19 Apr 2024 |
| 9 Apr 2024 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Complaint investigation | 19 Apr 2024 |
| 13 Jan 2022 | F0561 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | D | Standard survey | 7 Feb 2022 |
| 13 Jan 2022 | F0578 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | E | Standard survey | 7 Feb 2022 |
| 13 Jan 2022 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 7 Feb 2022 |
The requirement text is the CMS summary of the F-tag. It is not the report of the surveyor. How to read an inspection report
Penalties
A fine, or a payment denial: a period in which Medicare or Medicaid does not pay for new admissions. The CMS penalties file holds three years.
CMS lists no fine and no payment denial for this home in its penalties file.
Staffing
Hours per resident per day. The nurse hours for one resident on an average day. CMS calculates the figure from the hours that the home reports for a quarter.
| Staff | This home | Washington median | Washington average (CMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nurse staff | 4.63 | 4.10 | 4.37 |
| Registered nurses (RN) | 0.99 | 0.90 | 0.94 |
| Licensed practical nurses (LPN) | 1.09 | 0.77 | |
| Nurse aides | 2.54 | 2.66 | |
| All nurse staff, weekends | 3.66 | 3.60 | 3.81 |
- Nurse staff turnover in a year
- 63.5%
- Nurse staff turnover, Washington median
- 43.2%
- RN turnover in a year
- 60.9%
- Administrators who left in a year
- 0
Homes report the hours to CMS in the Payroll-Based Journal.
Quality measures
A figure that CMS calculates from the assessments of residents. One example is the percentage of long-stay residents with a fall and a major injury.
| Measure (CMS text) | Residents | This home | Washington median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased | Long Stay | 15.0% | 13.9% | 12.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder | Long Stay | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection | Long Stay | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury | Long Stay | 2.9% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication | Short Stay | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened | Long Stay | 24.7% | 16.6% | 12.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers | Long Stay | 1.2% | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication | Long Stay | 8.2% | 14.1% | 13.4% |
For each measure in this table, CMS gives more points in the quality measure rating for a lower percentage. The site calculates the medians from the CMS file. What the CMS star ratings measure
Ownership
An organisation in the CMS ownership file. CMS records its role, for example an ownership interest, operational or managerial control, or a mortgage interest.
- Ownership type
- For-profit, limited liability company
- Legal business name
- Last Empire Healthcare LLC
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (342 homes in the CMS chain file)
The CMS ownership record of this home lists no organisation.
The site shows organisations only. It does not show the names of persons.
Other homes in Spokane County
| Nursing home | City | Overall rating | Citations, latest cycle | Fines | Last standard survey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane Veterans Home | Spokane | 5 of 5 | 13 | $0 | 25 Mar 2025 | |
| Alderwood Manor | Spokane | 3 of 5 | 13 | $0 | 13 Feb 2026 | |
| Rockwood South Hill | Spokane | 2 of 5 | 13 | $0 | 23 Mar 2026 | |
| Emerson Health & Rehabilitation | Spokane | 4 of 5 | 14 | $0 | 28 Jul 2025 | |
| Spokane Health & RehabilitationSpecial Focus candidate | Spokane | 1 of 5 | 39 | $137,457 | 24 Apr 2025 | |
| Spokane Falls Care | Spokane | 1 of 5 | 23 | $125,736 | 13 Apr 2026 | |
| Royal Park Health and Rehabilitation | Spokane | 3 of 5 | 8 | $111,830 | 5 May 2026 | |
| Sunshine Health & Rehab | Spokane | 4 of 5 | 9 | $0 | 30 Jan 2026 | |
| Regency at Northpointe | Spokane | 5 of 5 | 11 | $8,278 | 27 Aug 2024 | |
| Avalon Care Center at Northpointe | Spokane | 2 of 5 | 14 | $84,614 | 28 May 2026 | |
| Aurora Valley Care | Spokane | 2 of 5 | 34 | $93,457 | 15 Sep 2025 | |
| Sullivan Park Care Center | Spokane | 1 of 5 | 33 | $126,188 | 6 Mar 2025 |
Official channels
- Care Compare record of this nursing homeMedicare.gov. The official CMS record of this home.
- Contact information for State Survey AgenciesCMS. The web address and the telephone number of the State Survey Agency of each state. These agencies investigate complaints about nursing homes.
- Filing a complaintMedicare.gov. The page names the State Survey Agency as the place for a complaint about nursing home care or facility conditions.
- Eldercare LocatorAdministration for Community Living. A public service that connects older adults and their families to local services. Telephone: 1-800-677-1116.
Cite this page
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Care Compare. Record of South Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center (CCN 505414). Data processed 1 Aug 2026. Elder Care Record, https://eldercarerecord.com/facility/south-hill-rehabilitation-and-care-center-spokane-wa-505414/
Provenance
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- CMS processed the data on
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Questions
- When was South Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center last inspected?
- The latest inspection with a citation in the CMS record was on 5 Dec 2025. It was a complaint investigation. It gave 2 citations. The standard survey before the last one was on 22 Feb 2024.
- Who operates South Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center?
- The CMS record gives the ownership type as for-profit, limited liability company. CMS lists the home in the chain The Ensign Group. The CMS ownership file names no organisation for this home. This site does not show the names of persons.
- Is South Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center a Special Focus Facility?
- No. The CMS provider file lists no Special Focus status for this home. CMS lists 1 home in Washington as a Special Focus Facility and 5 as candidates.
- Where does the data on this page come from?
- The data comes from the CMS Care Compare files for nursing homes. CMS processed the files on 1 Aug 2026. The Care Compare record on Medicare.gov is the official record of the home.