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Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle

239 Crooked River Road, Carrabelle, FL 32322 · Franklin County · (850) 697-2020

74 certified beds, about 79 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2009

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

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 106081 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 12, 2026, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1, the national average 9.2).

None of its 4 health citations since August 2023 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 3.37 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Florida and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.47 of those hours.

37.7% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Florida average 41.4%).

CMS links it to Eliyahu Mirlis, an affiliated group of 14 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 4 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
3D
1E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
March 12, 2026Standard inspection · 3 citations
  1. E
    Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
    F921 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 1, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews, the facility failed to provide a safe, clean, and sanitary environment at 1 of 4 hallways, 1 of 2 nurses' stations, 2 resident rooms (room [ROOM NUMBER] and room [ROOM NUMBER]), 1 laundry room, and 2 of 2 shower rooms.
  2. D
    Provide appropriate foot care.
    F687 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 1, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased upon observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure a resident received appropriate care and services for 1 out of 19 residents reviewed. (Resident #23)
  3. 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) May 1, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and policy review. the facility failed to ensure the ice machine was cleaned and maintained in safe operating condition for 1 of 1 ice machines in facility.
November 21, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
October 7, 2024Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
    F582 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 15, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to refund money owed to family after the resident expired for 1 out of 3 clients sampled. (Resident #1)
August 9, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

7 fire safety citations on file: 3 on November 21, 2024, 4 on August 9, 2023.

Every fire safety citation7 citations
  1. D
    Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
    K 291 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. D
    Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
    K 914 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
    K 291 · August 9, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · August 9, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. D
    Have properly sized and located compartments to protect residents from smoke.
    K 371 · August 9, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. D
    Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
    K 914 · August 9, 2023 · 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 homeFloridaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.373.823.86
Registered nurses0.470.730.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.223.493.42
Nurse aides2.09
Licensed practical nurses0.82
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)37.7%41.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover28.6%46.0%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.03 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 3.44 on weekdays and 3.22 on weekends, 6% 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 3.38 in April to June 2025 to 3.37 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.370.473.443.22 0.0%0 of 9079
Oct to Dec 20253.450.463.493.34 0.0%0 of 9277
Jul to Sep 20253.360.433.343.40 0.0%0 of 9277
Apr to Jun 20253.380.373.403.32 0.0%0 of 9175
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.

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.

How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

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
6.88.713.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.30.30.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.20.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.12.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.91.51.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
7.99.514.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.64.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.38.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
18.726.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
3.69.112.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.22.11.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.91.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (47.0% 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

47.0% this home

No different from 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. 29 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.3% 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. 53 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

7.2% 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. 31 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

48.4% 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. 31 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% 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. 37 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% 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. 37 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. 12 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: ARABELLA OF CARRABELLE OPCO LLC. CMS links this home to Eliyahu Mirlis, a group of 14 nursing homes averaging 2.1 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Arabella of Carrabelle Holdco LLC5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%07/01/2023
Mirlis, Eliyahu5% or greater indirect ownership interestIndividual100%01/28/2025
Mirlis, EliyahuCorporate officerIndividual01/28/2025
Vered Healthcare Group LLCOperational/managerial controlOrganization01/28/2025
Cook, CourtneyOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/28/2025
Elliott, JaredOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/28/2025
Keen, DavidOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/28/2025
Mirlis, EliyahuOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/28/2025
Weseman, LauraOperational/managerial controlIndividual07/01/2023
239 Crooked River Realty LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization12/22/2025
Crooked River Realty Holdco LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization01/28/2025
LTC Consulting Services LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization01/28/2025
Vered Healthcare Group LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization08/20/2025
Keen, DavidAdp of the SNFIndividual08/05/2025
Mirlis, EliyahuAdp of the SNFIndividual01/28/2025
Weseman, LauraAdp of the SNFIndividual08/05/2025

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. 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 March 12, 2026: "Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public."
  2. 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 March 12, 2026: "Provide appropriate foot care."
  3. 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 October 7, 2024: "Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered."
  4. 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.

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Common questions

What is Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle get at its last inspection?
3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 12, 2026. The Florida average is 7.1.
Has Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle 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 Arabella Health & Wellness of Carrabelle?
CMS lists 16 owners and managers, and links the home to Eliyahu Mirlis. Legal business name: ARABELLA OF CARRABELLE OPCO LLC.

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