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Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center

1515 Port Malabar Blvd Ne, Palm Bay, FL 32905 · Brevard County · (321) 723-1235

120 certified beds, about 116 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1984

Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
2 of 5
Quality measures
3 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 105464 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on June 12, 2025, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1, the national average 9.2).

Of 16 health citations since March 2022, 2 were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents (2 immediate jeopardy).

CMS lists 2 fines totaling $14,852 in the last three years; the largest was $7,426, and the latest is dated August 30, 2024.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.49 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Florida and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.29 of those hours.

42.5% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Florida average 41.4%).

CMS links it to Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper, an affiliated group of 79 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 16 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
2J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
12D
2E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
June 12, 2025Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. E
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide a system for preventing and controlling infections and communicable diseases for residents by not offering hand hygiene to residents who ate in the dining rooms. This affected approximately 25 residents in the main dining room at lunch and 10 at dinner meals and approximately 10 residents in the small restorative dining room at the lunch meal each day.
  2. D
    Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
    F554 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to conduct medication self-administration assessment to ensure safety for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for self-administration of medications, of a total sample of 45 residents, (#62).
  3. D
    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
    F684 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide treatment and care in accordance with professional standards of practice, the comprehensive person-centered care plan, and residents' choices for two of two residents reviewed for call bells, of a total sample of 45 residents, (#80 and #259).
  4. D
    Keep all essential equipment working safely.
    F908 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain the kitchen freezer (essential equipment), in safe operating condition. This had the potential to affect all 106 residents who ate meals at the facility.
August 30, 2024Complaint inspection · 2 citations
  1. J
    Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
    F600 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to protect the resident's right to be free from neglect by their failure to ensure staff maintained a secure environment and implemented measures to mitigate the risk to prevent elopement for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for elopement, of a total sample of 5 residents, (#1). On 7/31/24 at approximately 7:48 PM, resident #1 left the facility unsupervised without the knowledge of staff. The resident walked along a busy roadway with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour and accepted a ride with strangers to get to her home. The facility staff were not aware of resident #1's whereabouts for approximately one hour and twenty minutes. Due to her cognitive deficits, and diagnosis of dementia, the elopement placed her at risk of falling, being severely injured, abducted, or hit by a motor vehicle. [...]
  2. J
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the admission process was thoroughly completed by accurately evaluating and providing needed supervision to prevent elopement for 1 of 5 residents at risk for elopement, of a total sample of 5 residents, (#1). On 7/31/24 at approximately 7:48 PM, resident #1 left the facility unsupervised without the knowledge of staff. The resident walked along a busy roadway with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour and accepted a ride with strangers to get to her home. The facility staff were not aware of resident #1's whereabouts for approximately one hour and twenty minutes. Due to her cognitive deficits, and diagnosis of dementia, the elopement placed her at risk of falling, being severely injured, abducted, or hit by a motor vehicle. [...]
December 7, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations
March 11, 2022Standard inspection · 10 citations
  1. E
    Keep all essential equipment working safely.
    F908 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the facility's oxygen concentrator external filters were clean and in safe operating condition for 3 of 6 residents reviewed for respiratory care out of a total sample of 51 residents, (#37, #84, #197).
  2. D
    Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
    F561 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide showers as per resident's preferences and as per shower schedule for 2 of 8 residents reviewed for choices, out of a total sample of 51 residents, (#84 #34).
  3. D
    Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
    F585 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure prompt investigation and timely resolution of concerns for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for grievances, out of a total sample of 51 residents, (#1).
  4. D
    Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
    F636 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to complete Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessments within the required timeframe for 2 of 8 residents reviewed for MDS Assessments, of a total sample of 51 residents (#52 and #78).
  5. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    F641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments accurately reflected health conditions for 2 of 6 residents of a total sample of 51 residents, (#69, #55).
  6. D
    Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
    F688 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to obtain a physician order for a positioning device recommended by Occupational Therapy, and failed to provide care and services for appropriate placement of the device, to prevent further decrease in range of motion for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for positioning and mobility out of a total sample of 51 residents, (#53).
  7. D
    Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
    F694 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) line dressing was changed as per professional standards of practice for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for infection of a total sample of 51 residents, (#149).
  8. D
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    F695 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure Oxygen (O2) therapy was administered as per physician's order for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for O2 therapy of a total sample of 51 residents, (#143).
  9. D
    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
    F755 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure medications were administered within professional guidelines/parameters for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for unnecessary medication (#145) and failed to ensure intravenous antibiotics were administered as per physician order for 2 residents, (#149, #193) of a total sample of 51 residents.
  10. D
    Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
    F791 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2022
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to obtain dental services for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for dental services out of a total sample of 51 residents, (#84).

Fire safety inspections

2 fire safety citations on file: 1 on June 12, 2025, 1 on March 11, 2022.

Every fire safety citation2 citations
  1. D
    Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
    K 222 · June 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. E
    Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
    K 921 · March 11, 2022 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

DatePenaltyAmount or length
August 30, 2024Fine $7,426
August 30, 2024Fine $7,426

A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions for that period.

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 homeFloridaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.493.823.86
Registered nurses0.290.730.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.223.493.42
Nurse aides2.09
Licensed practical nurses1.11
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)42.5%41.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover64.7%46.0%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 3.45 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 3.60 on weekdays and 3.22 on weekends, 11% 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 3.61 in April to June 2025 to 3.49 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.490.293.603.22 0.0%2 of 90116
Oct to Dec 20253.610.303.753.26 0.0%0 of 92114
Jul to Sep 20253.540.363.663.21 0.0%0 of 92112
Apr to Jun 20253.610.463.743.28 0.0%0 of 91110
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Florida, Jan to Mar 20263.760.703.903.441.1%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.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for Florida

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Florida, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.03$17.33 to $20.3496,960
LPNs and LVNs$29.70$28.14 to $31.1138,620
Registered nurses$40.48$37.82 to $48.64229,940
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

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

MeasureThis homeFloridaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.28.713.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.20.30.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.30.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.22.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.71.51.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
15.49.514.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.44.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.38.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
31.926.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
11.69.112.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
4.32.11.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.11.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it worse than the national rate (36.2% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

36.2% this home

Worse than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Florida: 169 better, 109 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 46 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.0% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Florida: 2 better, 35 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 110 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

8.2% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Florida: 6 better, 21 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 63 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

48.7% this home

Median of homes: Florida55.1% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 78 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.7% this home

Median of homes: Florida0.6% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 138 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

2.9% this home

Median of homes: Florida1.3% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 138 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Florida97.7% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 11 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: PALM BAY FL OPCO LLC. CMS links this home to Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper, a group of 79 nursing homes averaging 2.7 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Winton, JessicaW-2 managing employeeIndividual04/01/2020
Gorelick, BatyaCorporate officerIndividual04/01/2020

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. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 6 problems in this area, most recently on June 12, 2025: "Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals."
  2. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on June 12, 2025: "Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate."
  3. Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 12, 2025: "Keep all essential equipment working safely."
  4. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 11, 2022: "Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months."
  5. Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 3.22 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.49.
  6. How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.

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Common questions

What is Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center get at its last inspection?
4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 12, 2025. The Florida average is 7.1.
Has Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center been fined?
Yes. CMS lists 2 fines totaling $14,852 in the last three years.
Does Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center 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 Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center?
CMS lists 2 owners and managers, and links the home to Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper. Legal business name: PALM BAY FL OPCO LLC.

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