Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

• Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Sep 1, 1972.
• Not on CMS’s special focus list.
• No abuse icon from CMS.
• No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
• CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
• 159 certified beds.

• No fines in the last three years.
• No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
• 0 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.

• Whitesburg SNF Operations Holdings LLC owns 100% directly since Dec 1, 2024.
• Whitesburg Opco Manager LLC and Venza Care Admin Services LLC and Vertex Financial Services LLC and Venza Care Clinical Consulting LLC and Melb Opco Manager LLC run it.
• 18 owners or officers are people: Joel Strulovics (owns a share through other companies, 1%); Stephen Apfel (owns a share through other companies, 1%); Sydney Apfel (owns a share through other companies, 1%); Aida Ratley (on the governing body (managing control)); Aida Ratley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); John Dakota Gallaway (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John Dakota Gallaway (on the governing body (managing control)); John Dakota Gallaway (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Stephen Apfel (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lisa Chubb (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sydney Apfel (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jordan Frustaci (on the governing body (managing control)); Jordan Frustaci (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Menucha Goodman (corporate officer); Menucha Goodman (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Menucha Goodman (on the governing body (managing control)); John H Wagner (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John H Wagner (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
• Part of Venza Care Management (30 homes in CMS’s data).
• No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
• No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.

• CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (Alabama average 3.3).

• Among the 12 nearest homes, within 10.9 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (12; the middle value was 5).

• Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
• Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
• CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
• Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

  Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

  Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

  Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

  Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

  Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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