Warren Barr Lieberman
9700 Gross Point Road, Skokie, IL 60076 · Cook County · (847) 674-7120
240 certified beds, about 233 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1997
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 145931 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on May 9, 2025, inspectors cited 6 health deficiencies (the Illinois average is 12.6, the national average 9.2).
None of its 22 health citations since January 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 3.32 hours per resident per day, against 3.45 across Illinois and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.67 of those hours.
44.4% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Illinois average 44.5%).
CMS links it to Legacy Healthcare, an affiliated group of 95 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 22 health citations on file.
July 21, 2026Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- E Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to return resident trust fund balances for 6 residents (R5-R10)reviewed for trust fund balances after being discharged /expired within 30 days reviewed for resident's rights in a sample of 10. On [DATE] at 12:21 PM, V7 (Business office manager/BOM) stated V7 is the person who closes residents RFMS account when a resident discharges from the facility or expires. V7 residents RFMS (Resident Fund Management Service) account should have been closed when the resident is discharged or expires and notifies cooperate Account Receivable (AR) so the residents, if expired residents appointed person or the state could have received a check of the residents closed balance from the residents RFMS account within 30 days. [...]
- D Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to obtain orders from the physician to have residentmedication at the bedside. The facility also failed to complete self-administration of medication assessments. This applies to 1 (R3) of3 residents (R2 and R4) reviewed for medications in a sample of 3. On 7/21/2026 at 11:12AM, During observation and resident interview with R3 for resident rights, surveyor observed in R3s room, a medication cup with multiple pills inside. On 7/21/2026 at 11:16AM, V5 entered R3s room while surveyor was in room with R3. V5 stated she was R3s nurse and left the medication cup in R3s room but is not supposed to leave the medication in R3s room. V5 stated V5 should have waited and watched R3 swallow R3s medication but did not stay in the room and assumed R3 would take R3s medicine. [...]
May 9, 2025Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 6 citations
- E Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure that no medication should be left at resident's bedside without physician order. The facility also failed to follow its policy in resident self-administration of medication. This deficiency affects all four (R71, R103, R116 and R177) residents in the sample of 35 reviewed for Medication Safety.
- E Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure an accurate count of controlled medication in the controlled drug administration record sheet. This deficiency affects 2 of 5 medication carts reviewed for Controlled Medication count Management. The facility also failed to follow physician order in administration of medication. This deficiency affects two (R121 and R132) of three residents reviewed for administration of medication.
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to use appropriate infection control practices during resident care on contact isolation precaution and during taking resident's vital signs. The facility failed to provide disposable vitals equipment inside the room of resident with COVID infection. This deficiency affects all four (R48, R70, R187 and R427) residents in the sample of 35 reviewed for Infection Prevention and Control Program.
- D Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure that the facial hair of a female resident who needs assistance with Activity of Daily Living (ADL) is shaved. This deficiency affects one (R9) of three residents in the sample of 35 reviewed for ADL care program.
- 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 ensure enteral feeding bag is properly labeled before administration affecting 1 of 2 residents (R111) reviewed for enteral feeding care in a total sample of 35. Findings Include: On 5/6/2025 at 11:40 AM, R111's enteral (tube) feeding (TF) infusing. TF bag labeled with 5/6/25 date and time 7:00AM. On 5/6/2025 at 11:50 AM, V19 (MDS/CP Coordinator) said TF bag should be labeled with resident's name, formula name and nurse initial. On 5/7/2025 at 9:29 AM, V2 (Director of Nursing) said TF bag should be labeled with resident name, feeding formula, rate, and start date and time. V2 also said TF bag label should be initialed by the nurse that initially hung the feeding. Review of records read: admission Record/Date: 4/27/2025, Diagnosis Information: Gastrostomy Status; Dysphagia following Cerebral Infarction; [...]
- D 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure Medication refrigerator with controlled medication is locked in the medication room. This deficiency affects one of three medication rooms reviewed for Safe medication storage.
March 28, 2024Standard inspection · 2 citations
- D Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to protect and secure the confidential personal medical records of a resident by allowing an unauthorized individual to obtain resident medical records. This failure applied to one of one (R72) residents reviewed for medical records.
- D Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to administer medications as ordered; and failed to follow policy and manufacturer's instructions for use in the administration of inhalers. There were 25 opportunities with four errors resulting in a 16% medication error rate. The errors involved two (R30 and R138) of nine residents in the sample of 74 reviewed for medication administration.
December 17, 2023Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- F Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure infection control procedures were followed and implemented to prevent the spread and transmission of COVID-19 within the facility during a COVID outbreak. Facility staff failed to conduct proper hand hygiene, gowning and doffing, and proper wearing of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to contain the spread of infectious disease. This failure has the potential to affect all 231 residents currently residing in the facility.
- E Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide assistance to dependent residents requiring assistance with ADL (activities of daily living ) such as basic grooming hygiene, and toileting assistance for three (R1, R5, R6) of six residents reviewed for ADL care.
January 27, 2023Standard inspection · 10 citations
- F 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 monitor the resident's refrigerator temperature for five (R128, R171, R184, R134, R82) of seven residents observed for food safety in a sample of 36.
- F Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to post visual alert signs at the entrance of the facility notifying visitors entering the building about facility's COVID-19 status. They also failed to sanitize the glucometer in between resident's use and post the transmission-based precaution sign on R1's door affecting three of eight residents reviewed for infection control in a sample of 36.
- 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to label and store medications properly for five of five medication carts and one of three medication room refrigerators reviewed for medication storage.
- D Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to provide privacy during medical procedures for two (R10, R136) of four residents observed for privacy in a sample of 36.
- D Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to administer the medication as ordered for one (R163) of eight residents observed for medication administration in a sample of 36.
- D Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure physician orders were followed for 1 of 7 residents R99, reviewed for edema, the facility also failed to implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan intervention for 1 of 1 resident R99 in a sample of 36.
- D Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that physician orders was followed regarding pressure ulcer preventive measures for one resident (R188) out of eight residents reviewed for ulcer preventive measures in the sample of 36.
- D Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure fall interventions were in place for three (R132, R141, R165) of fourteen residents reviewed for falls in a sample of 36.
- D Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review the facility failed to follow their care plan and monitor one resident (R170) of 1 resident reviewed for urinary catheters in a sample of 36. This failure resulting in one resident (R170) urinary catheter having sediments for 2 days without any interventions. Findings Include: On 01/24/23 at 12:58 PM R170's urinary catheter bag was uncovered and draining yellow urine with sediments. Observed urine with thick sediments in about 80% of tubing. On 01/25/23 at 1:46 PM with V16 (RN) observed sediments in catheter tubing. Observed the catheter is not attached/anchored to resident's leg. V16 states the catheter should be anchored to R170's leg. [...]
- C Post nurse staffing information every day.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews the facility failed to follow federal guidelines and have nurse staffing information readily available in a readable format to residents and visitors at any given time. This failure had the potential to effect all 195 residents living in the facility.
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 | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.32 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.26 | 3.07 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.03 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 44.4% | 44.5% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 25.7% | 41.8% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 5.38 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 3.34 on weekdays and 3.26 on weekends, 2% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 24.4% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.37 in April to June 2025 to 3.32 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 | 3.32 | 0.67 | 3.34 | 3.26 | 24.4% | 0 of 90 | 233 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.34 | 0.67 | 3.35 | 3.32 | 21.6% | 0 of 92 | 230 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.43 | 0.67 | 3.45 | 3.39 | 30.0% | 0 of 92 | 229 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.37 | 0.65 | 3.41 | 3.28 | 36.2% | 0 of 91 | 232 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Illinois, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.26 | 0.65 | 3.40 | 2.92 | 5.4% | 0.6% 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 | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 8.9 | 13.4 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 19.2 | 21.7 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 30.6 | 26.1 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 19.2 | 13.8 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: LIEBERMAN SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LLC. CMS links this home to Legacy Healthcare, a group of 95 nursing homes averaging 2.9 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doros Generation Trust U/a/D 1/3/12 | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 17% | 08/01/2021 |
| Gpn Family Trust U/a/D 4/28/08 | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 17% | 08/01/2021 |
| Garden, Daniel | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 59% | 08/01/2021 |
| Ninio, Mordechay | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 8% | 08/01/2021 |
| Chona, Shilip | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 08/01/2021 | |
| Gpn Family Trust U/a/D 4/28/08 | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 08/01/2021 | |
| Tbdmd Il, LLC | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 08/01/2021 |
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.
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 7 problems in this area, most recently on May 9, 2025: "Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable."
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 5 problems in this area, most recently on July 21, 2026: "Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death."
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on May 9, 2025: "Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist."
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on May 9, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
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Illinois contacts for a concern about a nursing home
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- Inspections and complaints: Illinois Department of Public Health, Nursing Homes, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Illinois Department on Aging, 1-800-252-8966. 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: IDPH Quarterly Reports of Nursing Home Violators, where Illinois publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Warren Barr Lieberman's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Warren Barr Lieberman 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 2 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Warren Barr Lieberman get at its last inspection?
- 6 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on May 9, 2025. The Illinois average is 12.6.
- Has Warren Barr Lieberman been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Warren Barr Lieberman 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 Warren Barr Lieberman?
- CMS lists 7 owners and managers, and links the home to Legacy Healthcare. Legal business name: LIEBERMAN SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LLC.
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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