Envive of Berne
1065 Parkway St., Berne, IN 46711 · Adams County · (260) 589-2127
80 certified beds, about 45 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1992
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 155473 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on August 14, 2025, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2, the national average 9.2).
None of its 6 health citations since October 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 3.46 hours per resident per day, against 3.69 across Indiana and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.81 of those hours.
50.0% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Indiana average 45.9%).
CMS links it to Envive Healthcare, an affiliated group of 13 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.
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 6 health citations on file.
August 14, 2025Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure recipes were followed for therapeutic diets. This had the potential to affect 6 residents that were on puree diets. (Resident 2, Resident 5, Resident 7, Resident 8, Resident 12, Resident 33)
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure sanitization was completed of the ice machine/chest. This had the potential to affect 28 residents that receive ice from facility.
- D Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to follow physicians orders for tube feeding for 1 of 1 residents reviewed (Resident 43).
October 2, 2024Standard inspection · 1 citation
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to maintain sanitary conditions in the kitchen. 38 of 39 residents who riside in the facility eat food prepared in the kitchen.
November 16, 2023Standard inspection · 1 citation
- F Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure a nurse was appointed as charge nurse each shift. 41 residents resided in the facility.
October 19, 2023Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure a consistently functioning call light system for 2 of 10 residents reviewed (Resident B and Resident C).
Fire safety inspections
18 fire safety citations on file: 6 on August 14, 2025, 6 on October 2, 2024, 6 on November 16, 2023.
Every fire safety citation18 citations
- F Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
- E Have exits that are accessible at all times.
- E Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- E Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- E Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
- D Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- F Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- F Have a battery powered remote alarm panel in a location accessible by operating personnel.
- E Have exits that are accessible at all times.
- E Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- E Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
- E Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
- F Meet other general requirements that are deficient.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- E 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.
- D Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
- D Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
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.
| Measure | This home | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.46 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.17 | 3.25 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.30 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.36 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 50.0% | 45.9% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 42.9% | 40.3% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.62 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 3.58 on weekdays and 3.17 on weekends, 11% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 14.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.17 in April to June 2025 to 3.46 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.46 | 0.81 | 3.58 | 3.17 | 14.0% | 0 of 90 | 45 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.30 | 0.61 | 3.43 | 2.95 | 8.2% | 0 of 92 | 41 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.36 | 0.59 | 3.48 | 3.05 | 5.9% | 0 of 92 | 44 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.17 | 0.53 | 3.29 | 2.87 | 0.0% | 0 of 91 | 46 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Indiana, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.63 | 0.62 | 3.80 | 3.19 | 3.4% | 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.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Indiana | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 14.3 | 11.0 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 21.4 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 15.4 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: ADAMS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. CMS links this home to Envive Healthcare, a group of 13 nursing homes averaging 2.3 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nbh Bank | 5% or greater mortgage interest | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Borne-Bauman, Candice | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Flueckiger, Russell | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Lehman, Scott | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Macklin, Larry | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| McIntire, David | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Smith, Scott | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Sprunger, Kyle | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Wheeler, Dane | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Adams County Memorial Hospital | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Bern Nursing Holdings LLC | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Lt Care Acquisition Corp | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Borne-Bauman, Candice | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Flueckiger, Russell | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Gresla, Mark | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/01/2022 | |
| Johns, Brenda | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 08/31/2024 | |
| Lehman, Scott | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Macklin, Larry | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| McIntire, David | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Smith, Scott | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Sprunger, Kyle | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Wheeler, Dane | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 12/01/2021 | |
| Bern Nursing Holdings LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Bern Property Holdings LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Blue Management Services LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 01/01/2024 | |
| First Bank of Berne | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Lt Care Acquisition Corp | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 12/01/2021 | |
| Gresla, Mark | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/01/2022 | |
| Johns, Brenda | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 08/31/2024 |
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.
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on August 14, 2025: "Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs."
- 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 August 14, 2025: "Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube."
- How many nurses and aides work each shift, nights and weekends included?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 16, 2023: "Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift."
- Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on October 19, 2023: "Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area."
- Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 3.17 hours per resident per day, below the Indiana average of 3.25.
Other nursing homes nearby
- Swiss Village Berne, 0.6 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 6 citations
- Adams Woodcrest Decatur, 12 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 2 citations
- Christian Care Retirement Community Bluffton, 12.4 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 5 citations
- Persimmon Ridge Rehabilitation Centre Portland, 14.9 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 20 citations
- River Terrace Health Care Center Bluffton, 14.9 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 5 citations
- Colonial Nursing Center of Rockford Rockford, 16.7 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 33 citations
- Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at Shane Hill Rockford, 17.1 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 24 citations
- Briarwood Village Coldwater, 19.6 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 28 citations
Indiana contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Indiana. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Indiana Department of Health, Division of Long-Term Care, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Indiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 800-622-4484. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: Indiana Department of Health, Nursing Home Report Cards, where Indiana publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Envive of Berne's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Envive of Berne 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Envive of Berne get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on August 14, 2025. The Indiana average is 7.2.
- Has Envive of Berne been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Envive of Berne 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 Envive of Berne?
- CMS lists 29 owners and managers, and links the home to Envive Healthcare. Legal business name: ADAMS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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