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Albertville Nursing Home

750 Alabama Highway 75 North, Albertville, AL 35950 · Marshall County · (256) 878-1398

159 certified beds, about 154 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1977

Last standard inspection more than 2 years ago Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
5 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 015163 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on November 21, 2019, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Alabama average is 4, the national average 9.2).

None of its 9 health citations since September 2017 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.22 hours per resident per day, against 3.88 across Alabama and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.72 of those hours.

46.0% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Alabama average 46.9%).

CMS links it to Rehab Select, an affiliated group of 5 nursing homes.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 9 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
8D
1E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
November 21, 2019Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
    F655 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 12, 2019
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record reviews and a facility policy titled Comprehensive Person Centered Careplanning/ Baseline Careplan, the facility failed to ensure RI (Resident Identifier) RI #125 received a copy of his/her Baseline Careplan Summary within 48 hours of admission. The facility further failed to ensure RI #350's Baseline CarePlan was developed within 48 hours of admission. This deficient practice affected two out of six sample residents whose baseline care plans were reviewed. A review of a facility policy titled Comprehensive Person Centered Careplanning / Baseline Careplan, dated 11/28/17 document: . Procedure 1. Care will be customized based on the resident needs and values within 48 hours of admission. 3. The interdisciplinary team will work together to develop a baseline care plan within 48 hours of admission . 6. Provide the resident and the resident representative, . [...]
September 20, 2018Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. E
    Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
    F640 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 25, 2018
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record reviews and a review of the document titled, Centers for Medicare & (and) Medicaid Services, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #1, #2, #3, #5, #25, #36, and #38's Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessments were transmitted in a timely manner. This affected nine of nine residents reviewed for MDS transmissions. Findings Include: A review of the document titled, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument 3.0 User's Manual, Version 1.15, [DATE], Chapter 2 Assessment for the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI), page 2-20 revealed: . The MDS must be transmitted (submitted and accepted) into the the MDS database electronically no later than 14 calendar days after the care plan completion date. A review of resident medical records revealed: [...]
  2. D
    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
    F657 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 25, 2018
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview, medical record review and the Resident Assessment Instrument User Manual Version 3.0 Chapter 4, the facility failed to ensure RI ( Resident Identifier)'s #16 and #95 attended their care plan conferences so that they were involved in making decisions about their care and treatment. The deficient practice affected two of two sample residents whose care plan attendance forms was reviewed. Findings Include: A review of a document, Resident Assessment Instrument User Manual Version 3.0, revealed: . Chapter 4: .CARE PLANNING .4.7 Care Planning A well developed .care plan: .Reflects the resident/resident representative input and goals for health care: . The overall care plan should be orient towards .Involving resident, . RI # 95 was admitted readmitted to the facility on [DATE]. [...]
September 21, 2017Standard inspection · 6 citations
  1. D
    Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
    F241 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, record review, and a review of the facility's policy titled, Quality of Life; Dignity, the facility failed to ensure a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Employee Identifier (EI) #1, transported Resident Identifier (RI) #8 to the shower and maintained his/her dignity. This affected one of five sampled residents observed for incontinence care. Findings Include: A review of the facility policy titled, QUALITY OF LIFE; DIGNITY revealed: . 9. shall promote, maintain and protect resident privacy, including bodily privacy during assistance with personal care and during treatment procedures. Demeaning practices and standards of care that compromise dignity are prohibited. Staff shall promote dignity and assist residents as needed. [...]
  2. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
    F278 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on staff interviews, medical record review, and review of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User's Manual Version 1.13 October 2015, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #9's Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments dated 05/02/2017 and 07/25/2017 were accurately coded for Oxygen (O2) use. This deficient practice affected RI #9, one of 20 sampled residents whose MDS assessments were reviewed. Findings Include: A review of CMS's RAI 3.0 Manual revealed: .Special Treatments, Procedures, and Programs . Planning for Care . Reevaluation of special treatments . [...]
  3. D
    Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
    F280 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, review of job descriptions of the Director of Food Services, Speech Therapist and Dietician, a review of a facility document titled, CARE PLAN FEEDING TUBE, and review of the medical record, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #12's care plan was revised to reflect an alteration requested by RI #12's spouse to the ordered pureed diet. This affected RI #12, one of 21 sampled residents. Findings Include: Review of a facility document titled, CARE PLAN FEEDING TUBE dated, 9/13/17 documented the following: Problem . Receives Puree diet w/ (with) honey-liquids & (and) nosey cup . Approaches . B (breakfast), L (lunch), D (dinner) meals trays to be sent Review of the Dietitian job description, with no date, revealed the following: . [...]
  4. D
    Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
    F281 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and medical record review, the facility failed to ensure a physician's order for Resident Identifier (RI) #12's diet was obtained and written to include an alteration to the pureed diet at spouse's request. The facility also failed to ensure an order for honey consistency liquids was followed. This affected RI #12, one of 13 sampled residents whose diet orders were reviewed. Findings Include: RI #12 was readmitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses to include Persistent Vegetative State, Unspecified Convulsions and Intracranial Injury Without Loss of Consciousness. Review of RI #12's Annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) of 07/18/17, documented the resident as total dependence with two plus persons physical assistance for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). [...]
  5. D
    Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
    F441 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, review of facility policies titled, Incontinence Care Bowel, DRESSING CHANGES, and HANDWASHING, the facility failed to ensure: 1. a nurse did not remove tape and a permanent marker from her pocket after washing her hands, placed the tape to be used on Resident Identifier (RI) #5's dressings on an unclean night stand and then, apply gloves to begin wound care, 2. a nurse washed her hands and changed gloves after removing a soiled dressing and before applying a clean dressing for RI #5, 3. a nurse washed her hands and changed gloves when moving from a wound on RI #5's left heel and without washing her hands, removed the soiled dressing from RI #5's right heel, and 4. a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) did not transport RI #8 to the shower in a shower chair, without a waste receptacle in place, causing urine and fecal matter to be dropped in the hallway. [...]
  6. D
    1) Review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews.
    F497 · Nursing and Physician Services · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 26, 2017
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to provide evidence inservice education was provided to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) related to alterations in pureed diets. This affected Resident Identifier (RI) #12 and had the potential to affect all seven residents in the facility receiving altered pureed diets. Findings Include: RI #12 was readmitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses to include Persistent Vegetative State, Unspecified Convulsions and Intracranial Injury Without Loss of Consciousness. On 9/20/17 at 8:01 a.m., the surveyor observed RI #12's breakfast tray to contain scrambled eggs, oatmeal and a bowl of gravy with a whole biscuit on top of the gravy. After the biscuit was mashed into the gravy by a CNA, there were still visible pieces of biscuit observed in the bowl. [...]

Fire safety inspections

5 fire safety citations on file: 1 on November 21, 2019, 2 on September 20, 2018, 2 on September 21, 2017.

Every fire safety citation5 citations
  1. D
    Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
    K 374 · November 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. E
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · September 20, 2018 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. D
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · September 20, 2018 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Have restrictions on the use of portable space heaters.
    K 781 · September 21, 2017 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · September 21, 2017 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeAlabamaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)5.223.883.86
Registered nurses0.720.650.69
All nursing staff on weekends4.583.263.42
Nurse aides3.70
Licensed practical nurses0.81
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)46.0%46.9%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover26.9%39.5%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.79 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.48 on weekdays and 4.58 on weekends, 16% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 5.06 in April to June 2025 to 5.22 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20265.220.725.484.58 0.0%0 of 90154
Oct to Dec 20255.150.735.404.53 0.0%0 of 92155
Jul to Sep 20255.090.645.304.55 0.0%0 of 92154
Apr to Jun 20255.060.605.344.36 0.0%0 of 91154
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Alabama, Jan to Mar 20263.880.634.133.270.9%0.2% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeAlabamaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.512.013.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.20.90.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.12.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.33.33.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.42.01.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
8.212.114.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.85.44.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
17.421.215.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
17.624.823.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
17.911.312.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.32.01.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.61.71.8

Owners and operators

Legal business name: ALBERTVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.. CMS links this home to Rehab Select, a group of 5 nursing homes averaging 3.6 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Schmidt, ChristopherDirect ownership interestIndividual01/01/2013
Schmidt, ChristopherManaging control - governing bodyIndividual09/01/2001
Stephenson, TammyManaging control - governing bodyIndividual01/01/2013
Schmidt, ChristopherCorporate directorIndividual09/01/2001
Stephenson, TammyCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2013
Schmidt, ChristopherCorporate officerIndividual09/01/2001
Stephenson, TammyCorporate officerIndividual09/29/2006
Schmidt Wallace Healthcare Management Company IncOperational/managerial controlOrganization10/10/2001
Calhoun, GaryOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/01/2016
Cruz, AngelaOperational/managerial controlIndividual11/16/2023
Schmidt, ChristopherOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2001
Stephenson, TammyOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/2013
Tinsley, EmilyOperational/managerial controlIndividual04/15/2020
Forvis Mazars LLPAdp of the SNFOrganization06/01/2023
Schmidt Wallace Healthcare Management Company IncAdp of the SNFOrganization04/08/2025
Calhoun, GaryAdp of the SNFIndividual06/01/2016
Cruz, AngelaAdp of the SNFIndividual11/16/2023
Schmidt, ChristopherAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2001
Stephenson, TammyAdp of the SNFIndividual01/01/2013
Tinsley, EmilyAdp of the SNFIndividual04/15/2020

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 5 problems in this area, most recently on November 21, 2019: "Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted"
  2. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on September 21, 2017: "Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality."
  3. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on September 21, 2017: "Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality."
  4. Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on September 21, 2017: "Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading."

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Common questions

What is Albertville Nursing Home's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Albertville Nursing Home 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Albertville Nursing Home get at its last inspection?
1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on November 21, 2019. The Alabama average is 4.
Has Albertville Nursing Home been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Albertville Nursing Home accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Albertville Nursing Home?
CMS lists 20 owners and managers, and links the home to Rehab Select. Legal business name: ALBERTVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC..

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