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Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton

100 N Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02134 · Suffolk County · (617) 726-9701

123 certified beds, about 96 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1967

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

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 225014 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 5, 2026, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Massachusetts average is 6.8, the national average 9.2).

None of its 6 health citations since March 2024 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 7.35 hours per resident per day, against 3.86 across Massachusetts and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 3.21 of those hours.

30.5% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Massachusetts average 38.2%).

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 6 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
5D
1E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
March 5, 2026Standard inspection · 0 citations
March 12, 2025Standard inspection · 5 citations
  1. 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) April 22, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews and policy review, the facility failed to ensure staff stored drugs and biological's in accordance with State and Federal requirements. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure medication carts were locked while a nurse was not present.
  2. 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) April 22, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and policy review, the facility failed to ensure a resident was assessed for the ability to self-administer medications, failed to observe a resident take prescribed medication, and left the medication at the bedside, unsecured.
  3. D
    Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
    F686 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 22, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interview the facility failed to implement a treatment order timely for an identified pressure injury for one Resident (#184), out of a total sample of 20 residents. Specifically, for Resident #184, a treatment order was not implemented until 72 hours after the facility first identified his/her pressure injury.
  4. D
    Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
    F758 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 22, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure that an as needed (PRN) order for psychotropic medication was limited to 14 days for one Resident (#7) out of a total sample of 20 residents.
  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) April 22, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interviews, the facility failed to ensure infection control practices were maintained to prevent spread of infection during medication pass.
April 3, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
March 19, 2024Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
    F607 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Past noncompliance: already fixed when inspectors found it
    Inspectors wroteBased on records reviewed and interviews, for one of three sampled residents (Resident #1), the facility failed to ensure staff implemented and followed their abuse policy, when on 2/29/24 Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) #2 reported Resident #1's allegation that someone had hurt him/her a couple days ago at the facility to Nurse #1, however Nurse #1 did not report the allegation to the Executive Director, Director of Nursing or designee, per Facility policy. Administrative Staff were not made aware until 3/04/24, of Resident #1's allegation.

Fire safety inspections

9 fire safety citations on file: 9 on March 12, 2025.

Every fire safety citation9 citations
  1. F
    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.
    K 222 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    Have exits that are accessible at all times.
    K 271 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
    K 372 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. F
    Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
    K 521 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. F
    Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
    K 911 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
    K 324 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. E
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. E
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · March 12, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. E
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · March 12, 2025 · 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 homeMassachusettsUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)7.353.863.86
Registered nurses3.210.650.69
All nursing staff on weekends6.363.483.42
Nurse aides3.77
Licensed practical nurses0.37
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)30.5%38.2%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover36.6%42.6%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 3.65 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 7.75 on weekdays and 6.36 on weekends, 18% 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 8.60 in April to June 2025 to 7.35 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20267.353.217.756.36 0.0%0 of 9096
Oct to Dec 20257.863.468.266.85 1.0%0 of 9293
Jul to Sep 20258.243.468.717.02 3.7%0 of 9291
Apr to Jun 20258.603.469.027.56 8.8%0 of 9190
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Massachusetts, Jan to Mar 20263.790.613.943.415.0%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.

Official wage estimates for Massachusetts

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Massachusetts, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$22.44$21.32 to $23.9438,130
LPNs and LVNs$38.57$34.91 to $40.6613,210
Registered nurses$50.27$42.05 to $65.4488,200
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 homeMassachusettsUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
22.416.413.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.70.80.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.21.81.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.23.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.21.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
27.415.414.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
13.74.24.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
20.821.415.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
24.325.723.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
9.211.912.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (74.5% 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

74.5% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Massachusetts: 121 better, 19 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. 1,158 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

8.7% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Massachusetts: 4 better, 15 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. 1,137 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

4.5% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Massachusetts: 5 better, 4 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. 673 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

63.2% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts51.6% · 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. 682 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.4% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts0.4% · 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. 810 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

2.8% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts2.0% · 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. 810 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts99.5% · 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. 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: SPAULDING NURSING AND THERAPY CENTER BRIGHTON, INC..

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Spaulding Rehabilitation, Inc.5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%10/28/2017
Mass General Brigham Incorporated5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization100%10/28/2017
Desantis, SamanthaCorporate directorIndividual04/22/2024
Fischer, DavidCorporate directorIndividual01/16/2019
Gee, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual01/18/2024
Jones, DanielCorporate directorIndividual01/26/2016
Jones, RobinCorporate directorIndividual01/16/2025
Kennedy, JosephCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2024
McCreary, MakeebaCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2024
Piedrahita, VicenteCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2024
Pollard, TeviaCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2023
Pullen, MatthewCorporate directorIndividual01/16/2025
Raja, AliCorporate directorIndividual06/30/2022
Schwartz, JonathonCorporate directorIndividual09/02/2025
Wheeler, MarkCorporate directorIndividual09/30/2025
Baggio Tormey, MonicaCorporate officerIndividual10/01/2017
Brennan, MelissaCorporate officerIndividual03/05/2014
Daneshvar, DanielCorporate officerIndividual03/30/2026
Jackson, RuelCorporate officerIndividual10/11/2024
Luken, DonnaCorporate officerIndividual07/25/2011
McDermott, VincentCorporate officerIndividual06/25/2025
Speers, PaulaCorporate officerIndividual07/01/2021
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedOperational/managerial controlOrganization10/28/2017
Spaulding Rehabilitation, Inc.Operational/managerial controlOrganization10/28/2017
Baggio Tormey, MonicaOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/01/2017
Desantis, SamanthaOperational/managerial controlIndividual04/22/2024
Jackson, RuelOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/22/2023
Joy, MichaelOperational/managerial controlIndividual03/10/2025
Kaniaru, MarthaOperational/managerial controlIndividual02/03/2016
McDermott, VincentOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/25/2025
Schwartz, JonathonOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/02/2025
Waldman, LouisOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/01/2019
Klibanski, AnneIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual07/01/2025
Jackson, RuelAdp of the SNFIndividual05/22/2023
Joy, MichaelAdp of the SNFIndividual04/16/2025
Kaniaru, MarthaAdp of the SNFIndividual02/03/2016
Waldman, LouisAdp of the SNFIndividual10/01/2019

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 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 12, 2025: "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 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 12, 2025: "Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate."
  3. 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 March 12, 2025: "Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing."
  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 March 12, 2025: "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 Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 5, 2026. The Massachusetts average is 6.8.
Has Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton 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 Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton?
CMS lists 37 owners and managers. Legal business name: SPAULDING NURSING AND THERAPY CENTER BRIGHTON, INC..

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