The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited July 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Huron County Medical Care Facility
Bad Axe, MI · Medicare-certified · 112 beds
In good standing
Government-run
5 of 5 overall
Huron County Medical Care Facility has an overall 5 out of 5 stars, with 4 stars for health inspections and 5 stars each for staffing and quality measures. It reports no fines in the last 24 months, and its nurse staffing is 5.54 hours per resident day versus the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.5384 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: July 17, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.5384.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.76
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.12
- Nurse aides
- 3.66
- Weekend nursing
- 4.58
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 40%
Registered nurse turnover: 30%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
26.1%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.9%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
3.7%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
3.3%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
21.6%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.1%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
23.6%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.3%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
24.3%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
2.8%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.8%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
86.9%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited July 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to protect residents’ right to organize and take part in resident and family groups. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 565 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited July 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Occupancy
- 71.3 residents on an average day (64% of 112 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 59 years
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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.