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Solaris Healthcare Pensacola

8475 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514 · Escambia County · (850) 474-1252

180 certified beds, about 172 residents a day · For profit - Individual · Medicare and Medicaid since 1987

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 105561 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on June 12, 2025, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1, the national average 9.2).

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

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

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.62 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Florida and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.74 of those hours.

37.8% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Florida average 41.4%).

CMS links it to Solaris Healthcare, an affiliated group of 22 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 9 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
1J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
6D
2E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
June 12, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
March 21, 2024Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. D
    Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
    F554 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 4, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure the interdisciplinary team assessed and determined a resident was capable of self-administration of medications prior to allowing 1 of 28 sampled residents to self-administer medications. (Resident #80)
  2. D
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    F656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 4, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to develop an accurate care plan for 1 of 1 residents sampled for dental concerns. (Resident #100)
  3. D
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    F695 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 4, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interview the facility failed to provide a respiratory care and services for 1 of 1 resident sampled. (Resident #104)
  4. D
    Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
    F806 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 4, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, staff interview, and policy review, the facility failed to honor a resident's request for a different meal choice for 1 of 2 sampled residents reviewed for food. (Resident #88)
January 13, 2023Standard inspection · 5 citations
  1. J
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 22, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision of a vulnerable resident identified to be at risk for elopement due to exit seeking, by allowing the resident to exit the facility unescorted by staff, and subsequently leave the facility grounds with a visitor unknown to the resident. This affected Resident #90 who was 1 of 2 sampled residents reviewed for accidents and supervision. The facility staff failed to intervene or report to nursing staff when the visitor reported to the receptionist that he was going to escort the resident across the street to the emergency room per the resident's request on 1/1/23 at approximately 5:50 PM. [...]
  2. E
    Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
    F835 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 22, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, and Administrator job description review, the facility failed to utilize its resources effectively to develop and implement policies to ensure resident safety is maintained when residents leave the facility with other individuals and to ensure the appropriate staff are aware of the resident's departure from the facility. This has the potential to affect all residents in the facility who exit the facility for leave of absence. (Cross reference F689).
  3. E
    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, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 22, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, quality assurance performance improvement plan review, and policy review, the facility failed to develop and implement appropriate plans of action to correct identified quality deficiencies related to supervision of residents with cognitive impairment, a process to ensure resident safety when leaving the facility with visitors and educating staff and visitors of such process for 1 of 2 residents sampled for accidents and supervision.
  4. D
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    F656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 22, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to implement the plan of care for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for accidents and supervision. (Resident #90)
  5. 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) February 22, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, staff interviews, record review, and policy review, the facility failed to ensure staff followed appropriate isolation precautions during the provision of housekeeping services for 1 of 1 sampled residents on transmission-based precautions. (Resident # 209)

Fire safety inspections

2 fire safety citations on file: 1 on June 12, 2025, 1 on March 21, 2024.

Every fire safety citation2 citations
  1. D
    Have properly sized and located compartments to protect residents from smoke.
    K 371 · June 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · March 21, 2024 · 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 homeFloridaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.623.823.86
Registered nurses0.740.730.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.513.493.42
Nurse aides2.29
Licensed practical nurses0.58
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)37.8%41.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover26.7%46.0%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.71 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 3.66 on weekdays and 3.51 on weekends, 4% 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 3.59 in April to June 2025 to 3.62 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.620.743.663.51 0.0%0 of 90172
Oct to Dec 20253.580.743.633.45 0.0%0 of 92166
Jul to Sep 20253.610.723.673.46 0.0%0 of 92158
Apr to Jun 20253.590.713.633.49 0.0%0 of 91166
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
6.08.713.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.20.30.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.90.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.32.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.51.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.49.514.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.64.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.28.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
19.426.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
9.29.112.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.02.11.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.41.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Solaris Healthcare Pensacola's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (43.6% 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

43.6% this home

No different from 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. 131 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.7% 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. 156 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

5.2% 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. 87 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

52.7% 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. 129 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. 181 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% 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. 181 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% 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. 40 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: SOLARIS HEALTHCARE PENSACOLA LLC. CMS links this home to Solaris Healthcare, a group of 22 nursing homes averaging 4.1 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Pensacola Healthcare Holdings, LLC5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%10/20/2015
Solaris Foundation Inc.5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization10/06/2015
Solaris Healthcare Properties LLC5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization10/06/2015
Bennici, CoreyManaging control - governing bodyIndividual07/26/2021
Corley, ShawnManaging control - governing bodyIndividual06/01/2022
Bell, ThomasCorporate directorIndividual06/01/2022
Bennici, CoreyCorporate directorIndividual07/26/2021
Berkowitz, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual06/01/2022
Buxbaum, MiriamCorporate directorIndividual06/01/2022
Hanna, HeatherCorporate directorIndividual08/16/2021
Herzka, ChaimCorporate directorIndividual06/01/2022
Oberlander, JosephCorporate directorIndividual06/01/2022
Shell, CandiceCorporate directorIndividual02/01/2021
Bell, ThomasCorporate officerIndividual06/01/2022
Bennici, CoreyCorporate officerIndividual07/26/2021
Corley, ShawnCorporate officerIndividual06/01/2022
Hanna, HeatherCorporate officerIndividual08/16/2021
Shell, CandiceCorporate officerIndividual02/01/2021
Bennici, CoreyOperational/managerial controlIndividual07/26/2021
Corley, ShawnOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/01/2022
Hanna, HeatherOperational/managerial controlIndividual08/16/2021
Shell, CandiceOperational/managerial controlIndividual02/01/2021
Parker, LaurieIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual04/09/2025
Central Florida Healthcare Consulting, LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2016
Bell, ThomasAdp of the SNFIndividual01/01/2016
Bennici, CoreyAdp of the SNFIndividual04/09/2025
Corley, ShawnAdp of the SNFIndividual06/01/2022
Denapoles, ChristopherAdp of the SNFIndividual07/01/2023
Parker, ShelbyAdp of the SNFIndividual10/01/2016

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. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 21, 2024: "Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured."
  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 March 21, 2024: "Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed."
  3. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on January 13, 2023: "Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently."
  4. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 21, 2024: "Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate."

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Common questions

What is Solaris Healthcare Pensacola's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Solaris Healthcare Pensacola 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Solaris Healthcare Pensacola get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 12, 2025. The Florida average is 7.1.
Has Solaris Healthcare Pensacola been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Solaris Healthcare Pensacola 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 Solaris Healthcare Pensacola?
CMS lists 29 owners and managers, and links the home to Solaris Healthcare. Legal business name: SOLARIS HEALTHCARE PENSACOLA LLC.

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