Nursing home report
WHITEFISH, MT · Medicare-certified · 100 beds
WHITEFISH CARE AND REHABILITATION has a 1-star overall rating, with a 1-star health inspection rating and 2-star staffing; reported nurse staffing is 2.93 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark. It is a Special Focus Facility candidate/flagged special focus facility and has had $339,744 in fines in the last 24 months, with recent citations in CPR/basic life support, bowel/bladder and catheter care, and providing enough food and fluids.
Health inspections
Staffing
2.9257 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 2.9257.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
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
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
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 home failed to ensure staff provided basic life support, including CPR, before emergency medical personnel arrived. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 678 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(3) — S/S: J
The home failed to provide proper bladder and bowel care, including catheter care and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. Cited March 2026 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 690 — 42 CFR §483.25(e) — S/S: G
The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited October 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: G
The home failed to ensure nurses and nurse aides had the needed skills to care for each resident and support their well-being. Cited October 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 726 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: G
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: G
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 14 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
A federal payment denial was recorded.
A federal fine of $143,650 was recorded.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $91,314 was recorded.
A federal fine of $104,780 was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $365,919 in total fines · 1 payment denial.
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
Sep 9, 2025
Federal fine
Sep 9, 2025
Federal fine
Jan 23, 2025
Federal fine
Oct 23, 2024
Federal fine
May 24, 2023
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.
