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Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation

235 Wealthy Street Se, 5th Floor, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 · Kent County · (616) 840-8931

48 certified beds, about 47 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare since 2015

Certified for Medicare
Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 235708 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on May 13, 2026, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Michigan average is 9.9, the national average 9.2).

Of 11 health citations since May 2024, 1 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.35 hours per resident per day, against 3.99 across Michigan and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.07 of those hours.

43.5% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Michigan average 44.1%).

CMS links it to Trinity Health, an affiliated group of 19 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 11 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
1G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
3D
0E
4F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
3C
May 13, 2026Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 4 citations
  1. F
    Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
    F727 · Nursing and Physician Services · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 9, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that they had Registered Nurse (RN) coverage for at least 8 consecutive hours a day for 2 of 30 days (4/26/26 and 5/9/26) reviewed for RN coverage.
  2. D
    PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
    F645 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 9, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to complete a Preadmission Screening (PAS)/Annual Resident Review (ARR) for a resident with a mental disorder for 1 (Resident #7) of one resident reviewed for PASARR.
  3. D
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 9, 2026
    Inspectors wroteThis citation pertains to intake 2607622. Based on interview and record review the facility failed to provide adequate supervision to ensure the safety of a severely cognitively impaired resident with a high fall risk for 1 (R86) of 2 resident reviewed for supervision, resulting in the potential for injury.
  4. C
    Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
    F577 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 9, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to have 2025 Federal and State Agency survey results that are prominent and accessible to the public.
October 21, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. G
    Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
    F760 · Pharmacy Service · Actual harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteThis citation pertains to Intake # 2641086. Based on interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors in 1 of 3 residents (Resident #101) reviewed for significant medication errors, resulting in a change in mental status and hospitalization for Resident #101 when an opioid pain medication was not charted as administered and not documented per physician orders and professional standards of practice.
April 16, 2025Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 3 citations
  1. 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) May 26, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain best practices in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. This deficient practice has the potential to result in food borne illness among all residents that consume food from the kitchen.
  2. F
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 26, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to have an active and ongoing plan for reducing the risk of Legionella and other opportunistic pathogens of premise plumbing (OPPP). This deficient practice has the increased potential to result in water borne pathogens to exist and spread in the facility's plumbing system and an increased risk of respiratory infection among any or all the residents in the facility.
  3. D
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteThis citation pertains to Intake: MI00151227 Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision, monitoring, and ensure safety precautions were in place and accurate in 1 of 1 residents (Resident #236) reviewed for elopement resulting in Resident #236 eloping from the facility which could negatively affect the resident's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
May 16, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
  1. 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) June 10, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to discard expired food products, monitor cooling potentially hazardous foods, and properly sanitize dishware, resulting in the potential for increased risk of food borne illness, affecting all residents in the facility that consume food.
  2. C
    Post nurse staffing information every day.
    F732 · Nursing and Physician Services · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 10, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to post required nurse staffing information on a daily basis, for all 39 residents in the facility, resulting in a lack of available staffing information for residents and visitors.
  3. C
    Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
    F838 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) June 10, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to annually review and update the required Facility Assessment, resulting in the potential for unidentified resources necessary to provide care and services to the resident population.

Fire safety inspections

3 fire safety citations on file: 3 on May 13, 2026.

Every fire safety citation3 citations
  1. E
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · May 13, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. E
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · May 13, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. E
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · May 13, 2026 · 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 homeMichiganUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)5.353.993.86
Registered nurses1.070.780.69
All nursing staff on weekends4.393.503.42
Nurse aides2.70
Licensed practical nurses1.58
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)43.5%44.1%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover40.0%39.2%42.9%
Administrators who leftnot reported

CMS expects 4.07 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 5.74 on weekdays and 4.39 on weekends, 24% 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 5.67 in April to June 2025 to 5.35 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20265.351.075.744.39 0.0%1 of 9047
Oct to Dec 20255.381.165.704.56 0.0%2 of 9247
Jul to Sep 20255.461.405.734.78 0.0%0 of 9245
Apr to Jun 20255.671.636.004.82 0.0%0 of 9146
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Michigan, Jan to Mar 20263.950.704.143.453.3%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 Michigan

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Michigan, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$19.03$18.35 to $21.5943,290
LPNs and LVNs$31.47$29.83 to $35.5210,880
Registered nurses$45.34$39.46 to $49.74104,950
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 homeMichiganUS
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.51.11.6
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
24.324.023.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
11.711.712.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (78.2% 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

78.2% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Michigan: 89 better, 22 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. 651 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.1% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Michigan: 0 better, 9 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. 639 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

4.6% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Michigan: 1 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. 331 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

56.8% this home

Median of homes: Michigan57.6% · 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. 338 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.3% this home

Median of homes: Michigan0.0% · 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. 400 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

5.0% this home

Median of homes: Michigan1.3% · 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. 400 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: Michigan99.5% · 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. 18 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: MARY FREE BED SUB-ACUTE REHABILITATION. CMS links this home to Trinity Health, a group of 19 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization50%07/01/2015
Trinity Continuing Care Services5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization50%07/01/2015
Bowens, MarcusCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Brasser, BruceCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2015
Cheslek, IngridCorporate directorIndividual02/01/2023
Guzman, NathanielCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Johnson, StaceyCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Latovick, PamelaCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2018
Pennington, LeeannCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Treat, MegCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Wang, RalphCorporate directorIndividual12/01/2022
Johnson, StaceyCorporate officerIndividual12/01/2022
Wang, RalphCorporate officerIndividual12/01/2022
Cudney, KierstenOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/01/2022

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 many nurses and aides work each shift, nights and weekends included?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on May 13, 2026: "Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis."
  2. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on May 13, 2026: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
  3. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 16, 2025: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  4. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on May 13, 2026: "PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities"

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Common questions

What is Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation get at its last inspection?
4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on May 13, 2026. The Michigan average is 9.9.
Has Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation accept Medicaid?
CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.
Who owns Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation?
CMS lists 14 owners and managers, and links the home to Trinity Health. Legal business name: MARY FREE BED SUB-ACUTE REHABILITATION.

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