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Cleburne County Nursing Home

122 Brockford Road, Heflin, AL 36264 · Cleburne County · (256) 463-2121

82 certified beds, about 73 residents a day · Government - County · Medicare and Medicaid since 1967

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

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 015053 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 11, 2022, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Alabama average is 4, the national average 9.2).

None of its 2 health citations since June 2018 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 4.32 hours per resident per day, against 3.88 across Alabama and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.69 of those hours.

42.2% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Alabama average 46.9%).

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 2 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
September 28, 2023Standard inspection, Infection control · 1 citation
  1. D
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · infection control inspection · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) October 31, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, resident record review, and review of a facility policy titled Hand Hygiene the facility failed to ensure Employee Identifier (EI) #3, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), did not create the potential for cross-contamination during meal delivery on 9/25/2023 when she was observed not washing or sanitizing her hands between residents. after touching a dirty bedside table, dirty window blinds, and a resident chair before touching the clean tray cart, donning gloves and setting up a resident tray. This had the potential to affect 21 residents who received meal trays on unit two.
March 11, 2022Standard inspection · 0 citations
July 10, 2019Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
    F609 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) August 15, 2019
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview, record review and a facility policy tilted Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation the facility failed to report two allegation of physical abuse involving Resident Identifier (RI) # 50 and RI # 44 within two hours of staff being made aware of the incident. This affected 2 of 3 abuse files reviewed during the survey. Findings Include: A review of a policy titled Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation dated March 2019 documented the following: . VII Reporting/Response . Immediately, but not later than 2 hours after the allegation is made, if the events that cause the allegation involve abuse . On 6/1/2019 at 11:49 AM, the State Agency received a report by the facility regarding physical abuse by RI #50 toward another resident. The report indicated the incident occurred on 5/31/19 at 5:06 PM. [...]
June 14, 2018Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

2 fire safety citations on file: 2 on March 11, 2022.

Every fire safety citation2 citations
  1. E
    Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
    K 372 · March 11, 2022 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. E
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · March 11, 2022 · 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)4.323.883.86
Registered nurses0.690.650.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.333.263.42
Nurse aides2.55
Licensed practical nurses1.08
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)42.2%46.9%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover45.5%39.5%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.14 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 4.72 on weekdays and 3.33 on weekends, 29% 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 4.06 in April to June 2025 to 4.32 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.320.694.723.33 0.0%0 of 9073
Oct to Dec 20254.170.554.533.26 0.0%0 of 9274
Jul to Sep 20254.350.584.693.48 0.0%0 of 9276
Apr to Jun 20254.060.514.433.15 0.0%0 of 9173
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.

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 Alabama

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Alabama, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$16.41$14.45 to $17.4925,250
LPNs and LVNs$27.42$23.15 to $29.7111,580
Registered nurses$37.06$30.53 to $40.0954,340
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 homeAlabamaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
13.912.013.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.90.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.02.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.93.33.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.22.01.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
14.712.114.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.65.44.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
29.321.215.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
21.624.823.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
5.411.312.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.22.01.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.11.71.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Cleburne County Nursing Home's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (45.8% 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

45.8% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Alabama: 41 better, 10 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. 85 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.7% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Alabama: 1 better, 3 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. 103 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

8.1% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Alabama: 0 better, 1 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. 53 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

75.0% this home

Median of homes: Alabama50.0% · 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. 40 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

1.8% this home

Median of homes: Alabama0.0% · 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. 56 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Alabama2.1% · 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. 56 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

96.5% this home

Median of homes: Alabama100.0% · 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. 29 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: CLEBURNE COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD, INC.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Bidikov, IgorCorporate directorIndividual04/22/2001
Culberson, TonyCorporate directorIndividual05/25/2016
Gatell, ElizabethCorporate directorIndividual02/01/2022
Pruitt, DestinieCorporate directorIndividual01/22/2024
Metro BankOperational/managerial controlOrganization12/17/2015
Bidikov, IgorOperational/managerial controlIndividual04/22/2001
Gatell, ElizabethOperational/managerial controlIndividual02/01/2022
Pruitt, DestinieOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/22/2024
Metro BankAdp of the SNFOrganization12/17/2015
Save Your Data, LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization07/18/2025
Bidikov, IgorAdp of the SNFIndividual07/18/2025
Gatell, ElizabethAdp of the SNFIndividual07/23/2025
Pruitt, DestinieAdp of the SNFIndividual01/22/2024

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. 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 September 28, 2023: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
  2. How are allegations of abuse or neglect reported and investigated, and who tells the family?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on July 10, 2019: "Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities."

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Common questions

What is Cleburne County Nursing Home's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Cleburne County Nursing Home 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Cleburne County Nursing Home get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 11, 2022. The Alabama average is 4.
Has Cleburne County Nursing Home been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Cleburne County 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 Cleburne County Nursing Home?
CMS lists 13 owners and managers. Legal business name: CLEBURNE COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD, INC.

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