Nursing home report
BLYTHEVILLE, AR · Medicare-certified · 86 beds
HERITAGE SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER has a 4 out of 5 star overall rating, with solid health inspection results but weaker quality measures and staffing. Reported nurse staffing is 3.72 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and it had $7,913 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7209 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7209.
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 May 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: J
The home failed to ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential. Cited December 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 583 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
A federal fine of $7,913 was recorded.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $7,913 in total fines.
Federal fine
May 8, 2025
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
