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Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC

670 Rogers Road, Bella Vista, AR 72715 · Benton County · (479) 876-1847

90 certified beds, about 66 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 2004

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 045402 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on July 16, 2026, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Arkansas average is 2.7, the national average 9.2).

Of 7 health citations since November 2023, 1 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents (1 immediate jeopardy).

CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,055 in the last three years; the largest was $8,055, and the latest is dated November 10, 2023.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.44 hours per resident per day, against 4.02 across Arkansas and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.39 of those hours.

45.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Arkansas average 49.5%).

CMS links it to Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, an affiliated group of 38 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 7 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
1J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
0D
4E
2F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
July 16, 2026Standard inspection · 0 citations
November 26, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. E
    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, pattern · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteBased on facility policy, record reviews, interviews, and facility document review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure an allegation of abuse was immediately reported to the administrator for two (Resident #3 and Resident #7) of three residents reviewed for an allegation of abuse.
November 21, 2024Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. F
    Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
    F803 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 21, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and facility menu and policy review, the facility failed to ensure the planned, written recipe was followed for residents who received meals from 1 of 1 kitchen. Specifically, the recipe was not followed for scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and creamy wheat cereal in accordance with the written recipe.
  2. F
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 21, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to maintain overall kitchen sanitation, failed to ensure food was prepared under sanitary conditions, and failed to ensure hand hygiene was performed by dietary staff, in 1 of 1 kitchen.
November 10, 2023Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. J
    Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
    F760 · Pharmacy Service · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 4, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure physician orders were followed to prevent significant medication errors which could result in complications for 1 (Resident #10) of 1 sampled resident. These failed practices resulted in an immediate jeopardy, as defined at 42 CFR §488.301. The survey team provided the State Operations Manual Appendix Q Immediate Jeopardy template to the which Director of Nursing (DON) on 11/9/23 at 1:14 p.m. An Immediate Jeopardy removal was submitted and accepted, on 11/9/23 at 3:06 p.m.
  2. E
    Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
    F759 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 4, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the medication error rate was less than 5%. Physician orders were not followed for 2 residents (Resident #10 and #62) of 5 residents observed during the medication passes resulting in medication errors. The medication error rate was 9.09 % based on administration of 33 medications opportunities with 3 errors observed.
  3. E
    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, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 4, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure ensure expired liquid nutrition was removed and placed into an area for destruction to prevent potential administration to residents; and failed to ensure residents medications were labeled with name to prevent potential administration to other residents; and failed to ensure a insulin was dated with an open date to ensure medications were stable / compatible for use as observed by surveyor on 2 Halls (Hall 100 and 200) of 3 Halls (100, 200, and 300) that were observed on 11/7/23.
  4. E
    Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
    F803 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 4, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that meals were prepared and served according to the planned written menu for 1 (#24) of 2 residents with a physician's order for a pureed diet for one of two meals observed according to a list provided by the Director of Nursing on 11/9/23 at 2:33 PM.

Fire safety inspections

3 fire safety citations on file: 1 on November 21, 2024, 2 on November 10, 2023.

Every fire safety citation3 citations
  1. F
    Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
    K 347 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    Implement emergency and standby power systems.
    E 41 · November 10, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
    K 347 · November 10, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

DatePenaltyAmount or length
November 10, 2023Fine $8,055

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 homeArkansasUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.444.023.86
Registered nurses0.390.410.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.723.453.42
Nurse aides2.86
Licensed practical nurses1.19
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)45.6%49.5%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover50.0%44.8%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.24 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 4.73 on weekdays and 3.72 on weekends, 21% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.6% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.00 in April to June 2025 to 4.44 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.440.394.733.72 0.6%0 of 9066
Oct to Dec 20253.840.364.113.14 0.7%0 of 9275
Jul to Sep 20254.020.454.273.39 0.2%0 of 9272
Apr to Jun 20254.000.444.243.38 0.6%0 of 9174
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Arkansas, Jan to Mar 20264.050.404.283.472.0%0.1% 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 Arkansas

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Arkansas, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$16.55$14.52 to $17.3417,260
LPNs and LVNs$27.22$23.82 to $29.4310,010
Registered nurses$37.95$32.04 to $43.4029,400
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 homeArkansasUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
15.19.513.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.30.60.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.41.21.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
5.03.93.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.31.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
15.110.114.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.74.24.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.010.915.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
23.624.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
10.312.512.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
3.12.01.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.92.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (62.3% 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

62.3% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Arkansas: 7 better, 25 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. 83 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.0% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Arkansas: 0 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. 101 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

9.0% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Arkansas: 0 better, 7 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. 68 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

71.0% this home

Median of homes: Arkansas64.4% · 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. 62 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Arkansas0.0% · 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. 88 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

4.0% this home

Median of homes: Arkansas2.7% · 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. 88 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: Arkansas98.8% · 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. 7 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: HIGHLANDS OF BELLA VISTA HEALTH & REHAB, LLC. CMS links this home to Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, a group of 38 nursing homes averaging 3.6 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Brock, MichelleOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/10/2024
Bella Vista Estates LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization12/12/2024
Central Arkansas Nursing Centers IncAdp of the SNFOrganization01/01/2025
Nursing Consultants IncAdp of the SNFOrganization01/01/2025
Brock, MichelleAdp of the SNFIndividual10/20/2024
Douglas, DonaldAdp of the SNFIndividual12/10/2024
Morton, MichaelAdp of the SNFIndividual12/12/2024
Norsworthy, DavidAdp of the SNFIndividual08/01/2025

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 week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on November 21, 2024: "Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident."
  2. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on November 10, 2023: "Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors."
  3. 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 November 26, 2025: "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 Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC 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 Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on July 16, 2026. The Arkansas average is 2.7.
Has Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC been fined?
Yes. CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,055 in the last three years.
Does Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC 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 Highlands of Bella Vista Health & Rehab, LLC?
CMS lists 8 owners and managers, and links the home to Central Arkansas Nursing Centers. Legal business name: HIGHLANDS OF BELLA VISTA HEALTH & REHAB, LLC.

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