Lakeland Hills Center
A nursing home in Lakeland, Florida 33805
610 E Bella Vista Dr, Lakeland, Florida 33805. (863) 688-8591.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 14 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Florida average: 7.1
- 3.28 nurse hours per resident per day Florida average: 3.86
- 2 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
14 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Florida average is 7.1.
Last standard inspection Mar 12, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K), at a complaint inspection on Apr 11, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
22 citations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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All 22 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 9 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Apr 16, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Mar 12, 2026: standard inspection13 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.
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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.
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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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.
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Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Apr 11, 2025: complaint inspection4 citations
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Jan 14, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Aug 12, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 1, 1974.
- 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.
- 120 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 2 fines in the last three years, $176,108 in all.
- 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
- 9 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | Fine | $36,735 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Medicare payment denial | Not given |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Fine | $139,373 |
Who does the caring?
3.28 nurse hours per resident per day
The Florida average is 3.86.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Florida average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.28 | 3.86 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.33 | 0.73 |
| At weekends | 3.04 | 3.51 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.1% | 41.5% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 85% | 46.1% |
| Administrators who left | 3 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Lakeland Hills Rehabilitation Center, LLC owns 100% directly since Apr 1, 2009.
- Themis Health Management, LLC and Consulting Support Services, LLC and Facility Support Company, LLC and Kane Financial Services, LLC run it.
- 8 owners or officers are people: Alvin Garner (corporate officer, 0%); Lori Rombold (corporate officer, 0%); Howard Jaffe (corporate officer, 0%); Destiny Bowden (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Destiny Bowden (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Richard Kuhlmeyer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Richard Kuhlmeyer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Brian Wyatt (corporate officer, 0%).
- Part of Hearthstone Senior Communities (8 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, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearthstone Senior Communities, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Apr 1, 2009 |
| Lakeland Hills Rehabilitation Center, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Apr 1, 2009 |
| Themis Health Management, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Sep 1, 2009 | |
| Themis Health Management, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| Consulting Support Services, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jun 28, 2011 | |
| Consulting Support Services, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| Facility Support Company, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Dec 13, 2010 | |
| Facility Support Company, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| Kane Financial Services, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jun 6, 2012 | |
| Kane Financial Services, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| Select Rehabilitation, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 19, 2016 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Florida average 4.3).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 1 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 8.1 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (14; the middle value was 9.5).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Hills Center This nursing home | 14 | |
| Vivo Healthcare Lakeland | 0.1 | 12 |
| Charming Lakes Rehab | 0.5 | 11 |
| Valencia Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center | 2.2 | 23 |
| The Manor at Carpenters | 2.3 | 5 |
| The Club at Lake Gibson | 2.3 | 4 |
| Wedgewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 2.3 | 7 |
| Florida Presbyterian Homes Inc. | 2.6 | 5 |
| Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center | 2.8 | 11 |
| Bridgewalk on Harden Health and Rehabilitation, Ll | 4.5 | 5 |
| Highlands Lake Center | 5.9 | 17 |
| Scott Lake Health and Rehabilitation Center | 8.1 | 8 |
What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
Sources
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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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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