Nursing home report
NANTICOKE, PA · Medicare-certified · 121 beds
Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Nanticoke, PA has an overall 1-star rating, with 1-star health inspection and staffing ratings, despite a 4-star quality measures rating. It reports nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.23 vs 4.1 hours/resident/day), $123,390 in fines over the last 24 months, and a recent abuse citation.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2305 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2305.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: K
The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited August 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited March 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited March 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited March 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $115,372 was recorded.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $8,018 was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 2 fines · $123,390 in total fines.
Federal fine
Aug 20, 2025
Federal fine
Oct 24, 2024
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
