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East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

19225 Sw 87th Ave, Cutler Bay, FL 33157 · Miami-Dade County · (305) 256-3545

74 certified beds, about 72 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1985

CMS high performing icon Part of a continuing care retirement community 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 105508 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on February 26, 2026, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1, the national average 9.2).

Of 9 health citations since November 2023, 1 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.

CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,788 in the last three years; the largest was $8,788, and the latest is dated January 8, 2025.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.83 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Florida and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.41 of those hours.

43.2% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Florida average 41.4%).

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
1G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
7D
1E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
February 26, 2026Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. D
    Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
    F550 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 16, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to promote dignity and respect for three Residents (Resident #48 and Resident # 4) out of 20 sampled residents. As evidenced by facility staff observed standing while feeding Resident #48 and observation of Resident #4's indwelling urinary catheter drainage bag without a privacy cover. There were 69 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
  2. D
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 16, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to provide safe and secure storage of biologicals for two Residents (#20 and #83) out of 20 residents sampled. There were 69 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
  3. D
    Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
    F867 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 16, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to demonstrate that effective action plans were implemented and sustained to correct identified quality deficiencies related to repeated deficient practice for F761 Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals. There were 69 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
  4. 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) March 16, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interviews, the facility failed to follow infection prevention and control procedures for the environment and three Residents (Resident #17, Resident #20 and Resident, #83). As evidenced by Two Urinals, one Spirometer, and one Adult Brief were not stored in compliance with infection control standards. There were 69 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
February 19, 2025Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. 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) March 16, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation interview and record review the facility failed to follow pharmaceutical procedures as per facility policy. As evidenced by during observations of one of two Medication storage rooms reviewed, the narcotics lock box in the medication refrigerator was noted unlocked. and Resident #180's medication was being given in tablet form and the order documented capsule. There were 74 residents residing at the facility at the time of the survey.
  2. D
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 16, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations interviews and record review, the facility failed to provide appropriate storage of medications on the medication cart for one (1) of three (3) medication carts observed. As evidenced by during observation of one out of three (3) medication carts loose pills were noted in different compartments of the medication drawer and in one out of two medication rooms Narcotics Lock Box was left unlocked. There were 74 residents residing at the facility at the time of the survey.
January 8, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. G
    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
    F684 · Quality of Life and Care · Actual harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 8, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure one (Resident #2) out of three sampled residents received care and treatment in accordance with professional standards of practice related to the timely reporting of a fall to the resident's physician resulting in a delay in care for a fracture. X-rays at the hospital revealed Resident # 2 incurred an acute fracture involving the right superior and inferior pubic rami. There were 69 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
November 30, 2023Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. E
    Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
    F725 · Nursing and Physician Services · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 1, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident. Residents complained the call lights were left unanswered for over 15 minutes in multiple occasions when they called for assistance. There were 68 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
  2. 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) February 1, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to respond to grievances for one out of one resident (Resident #44) reviewed for grievances. The resident's family member (Brother) established communication with the facility concerning complaints regarding the resident's loss of items, but no grievance was filed. There were 68 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.

Fire safety inspections

2 fire safety citations on file: 1 on February 26, 2026, 1 on February 19, 2025.

Every fire safety citation2 citations
  1. E
    Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
    K 923 · February 26, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. D
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · February 19, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

DatePenaltyAmount or length
January 8, 2025Fine $8,788

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)3.833.823.86
Registered nurses1.410.730.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.583.493.42
Nurse aides2.05
Licensed practical nurses0.37
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)43.2%41.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover45.2%46.0%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 3.91 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 3.93 on weekdays and 3.58 on weekends, 9% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 4.5% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.41 in April to June 2025 to 3.83 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.831.413.933.58 4.5%0 of 9072
Oct to Dec 20253.831.273.903.66 8.6%0 of 9271
Jul to Sep 20253.971.404.093.69 7.1%0 of 9272
Apr to Jun 20254.411.474.593.97 5.1%0 of 9172
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
12.88.713.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.30.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
6.62.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.21.51.6
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
4.94.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.48.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
40.326.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.09.112.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
3.42.11.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.21.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (61.7% 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

61.7% this home

Better 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. 163 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.8% 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. 154 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

8.0% 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. 88 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

62.2% 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. 45 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. 73 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

1.2% 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. 73 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

97.3% this home

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. 37 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: EAST RIDGE RETIREMENT VILLAGE, INC..

NameRoleTypeShareSince
East Ridge Retirement Village, Inc.5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%04/19/2010
Goedert, KarlW-2 managing employeeIndividual06/28/2016
Jennette, RonaldW-2 managing employeeIndividual01/12/2022
Kremer, DavidW-2 managing employeeIndividual08/19/2021
Barreto, RitaCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Doerr, BenjaminCorporate directorIndividual04/09/2014
Goedert, KarlCorporate directorIndividual06/28/2016
Haile, GregoryCorporate directorIndividual04/01/2022
Hood, GlendaCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Kremer, DavidCorporate directorIndividual08/19/2021
Lee, JamesCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Maddron, KevinCorporate directorIndividual04/01/2022
Mooney, Pamela JoCorporate directorIndividual04/09/2014
Sasser, JacksonCorporate directorIndividual04/09/2014
Bowling, PhillipCorporate officerIndividual02/28/2022
Fernandez, KatherineCorporate officerIndividual01/01/2022
Jennette, RonaldCorporate officerIndividual01/12/2022
Schreiber, LawrenceCorporate officerIndividual05/01/2022
Ziegler, StevenCorporate officerIndividual06/19/2015
Santafe Senior Living IncOperational/managerial controlOrganization01/01/2014
Sante Fe Healthcare IncOperational/managerial controlOrganization04/19/2010
Goedert, KarlOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/28/2016
Jennette, RonaldOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/12/2022
Kremer, DavidOperational/managerial controlIndividual08/19/2021
Ziegler, StevenOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/19/2015

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 are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on February 26, 2026: "Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs."
  2. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 26, 2026: "Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights."
  3. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on February 26, 2026: "Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action."
  4. 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 February 26, 2026: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
  5. 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 East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 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 East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center get at its last inspection?
4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on February 26, 2026. The Florida average is 7.1.
Has East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center been fined?
Yes. CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,788 in the last three years.
Does East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 East Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center?
CMS lists 25 owners and managers. Legal business name: EAST RIDGE RETIREMENT VILLAGE, INC..

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