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Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center

300 E Culver Rd, Knox, IN 46534 · Starke County · (574) 772-6248

57 certified beds, about 52 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 2000

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 155686 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on April 2, 2025, inspectors cited 6 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2, the national average 9.2).

None of its 10 health citations since September 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 3.32 hours per resident per day, against 3.69 across Indiana and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.68 of those hours.

35.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Indiana average 45.9%).

CMS links it to Brickyard Healthcare, an affiliated group of 23 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 10 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
10D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
April 2, 2025Standard inspection · 6 citations
  1. 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) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure care plans were implemented and/or updated for 1 of 15 resident care plans reviewed. (Resident 43)
  2. 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) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents received necessary care and services, related to lack of monitoring of sleep patterns per the care plan for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for care planning. (Resident 22)
  3. D
    Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
    F690 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure indwelling Foley (urinary) catheter tubing was kept off of the floor for a resident with a history of urinary tract infections (UTIs) for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for urinary catheters. (Resident 46)
  4. D
    Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
    F692 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure timely follow up on dietary recommendations was completed for a resident with a history of weight loss for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for nutrition. (Resident 38)
  5. D
    Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
    F842 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to maintain clinical records that were complete and accurately documented related to the lack of documentation prior to a urinalysis being completed on a resident for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for UTIs (urinary tract infections). (Resident 9)
  6. D
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 24, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure infection control guidelines were in place and implemented related to not changing gloves and performing hand hygiene during a wound treatment for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for pressure ulcers. (Resident 14)
June 28, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
  1. D
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    F656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 28, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a comprehensive care plan was developed and in place for pain for 1 of 16 resident care plans reviewed. (Residents 21 and 20)
  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) July 28, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure care plans were implemented and/ or updated with changes for 3 of 16 resident care plans reviewed. (Residents 44, 21, and 32)
  3. D
    Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
    F679 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 28, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure activities were implemented for a cognitively impaired dependent resident for 1 of 1 residents reviewed for activities. (Resident 4)
September 8, 2023Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. 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) September 24, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to care for a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter, intravenous catheter placed into the peripheral veins of the upper arm) in accordance with professional standards of practice, related to flushing the PICC line for 1 of 1 residents reviewed for intravenous care. (Resident 148)

Fire safety inspections

8 fire safety citations on file: 5 on April 2, 2025, 2 on June 28, 2024, 1 on September 8, 2023.

Every fire safety citation8 citations
  1. E
    Meet other general requirements.
    K 100 · April 2, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. E
    Have horizontal exits used in accordance with safety requirements.
    K 226 · April 2, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. E
    Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
    K 321 · April 2, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. E
    Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
    K 741 · April 2, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
    K 511 · April 2, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · June 28, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · June 28, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. E
    Have an externally vented heating system.
    K 522 · September 8, 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 homeIndianaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.323.693.86
Registered nurses0.680.670.69
All nursing staff on weekends2.903.253.42
Nurse aides2.07
Licensed practical nurses0.57
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)35.6%45.9%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover16.7%40.3%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 4.05 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 3.49 on weekdays and 2.90 on weekends, 17% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 3.1% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.44 in April to June 2025 to 3.32 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.320.683.492.90 3.1%0 of 9052
Oct to Dec 20253.360.763.522.92 2.5%0 of 9249
Jul to Sep 20253.610.723.763.24 2.3%0 of 9246
Apr to Jun 20253.440.553.583.09 1.3%0 of 9146
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Indiana, Jan to Mar 20263.630.623.803.193.4%0.4% 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 Indiana

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Indiana, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.43$17.80 to $21.3633,640
LPNs and LVNs$31.60$29.35 to $35.3014,480
Registered nurses$40.14$37.86 to $48.2868,980
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 homeIndianaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
7.511.013.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.40.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.11.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.23.93.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.21.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.511.914.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.63.64.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
6.313.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
22.022.223.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
12.010.812.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.51.61.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.21.41.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (48.6% 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

48.6% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Indiana: 111 better, 7 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. 74 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.5% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Indiana: 0 better, 17 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. 77 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

7.3% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Indiana: 0 better, 4 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. 48 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

48.6% this home

Median of homes: Indiana60.0% · 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. 35 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Indiana0.0% · 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. 46 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

2.2% this home

Median of homes: Indiana1.4% · 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. 46 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: Indiana100.0% · 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. 25 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: HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL. CMS links this home to Brickyard Healthcare, a group of 23 nursing homes averaging 2.7 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Harville, JerrellContracted managing employeeIndividual06/13/2019
Engels, ErinCorporate directorIndividual10/25/2014
Gentry, MarkCorporate directorIndividual01/12/2022
Starkey, TylerCorporate directorIndividual08/01/2020
Waite, JohnCorporate directorIndividual08/01/2020
Whicker, TimothyCorporate directorIndividual01/12/2022
Fenoughty, DeannaCorporate officerIndividual07/10/2023
Knox Operating LLCOperational/managerial controlOrganization09/01/2012

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 5 problems in this area, most recently on April 2, 2025: "Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals."
  2. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on April 2, 2025: "Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals."
  3. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on April 2, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
  4. Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 2.90 hours per resident per day, below the Indiana average of 3.25.

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Common questions

What is Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center get at its last inspection?
6 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 2, 2025. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Has Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care 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 Brickyard Healthcare - Knox Care Center?
CMS lists 8 owners and managers, and links the home to Brickyard Healthcare. Legal business name: HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL.

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