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Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing Home

A nursing home in Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34987

13000 SW Tradition Parkway, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34987. (772) 241-6132.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
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.
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?

6 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Florida average is 7.1.

Last standard inspection Jun 19, 2025.

Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

14 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 14 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 2 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Jun 19, 2025: standard inspection6 citations

  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

    Rule F0552. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

  • Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.

    Rule F0605. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

  • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

    Rule F0676. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Rule F0756. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

Mar 12, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 12, 2025.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 12, 2025.

Mar 14, 2024: standard inspection6 citations

  • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

    Rule F0582. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

  • Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident’s record.

    Rule F0775. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 6, 2022.
  • 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 government, state.
  • 120 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

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

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

5.99 nurse hours per resident per day

The Florida average is 3.86.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeFlorida average
Nurse hours per resident per day5.993.86
Of which registered nurses1.060.73
At weekends5.163.51
Nursing staff turnover37.1%41.5%
Registered nurse turnover32.3%46.1%
Administrators who left1Not given

Who owns it?

  • Florida Department of Veterans Affairs owns 100% directly since Jun 30, 2022.
  • 6 owners or officers are people: Ahmad Fadel (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Ahmad Fadel (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Vicki Dickerson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Donna Rogers (corporate director, 0%); Donna Rogers (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lindsay Mallard (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
  • Part of Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs (7 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Florida Department of Veterans AffairsOwns 5% or more directly100%Jun 30, 2022

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Florida average 4.3).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating5 of 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Staffing5 of 5
Quality measures2 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 14.3 miles, this one had the 8th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (6; the middle value was 8.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing Home This nursing home6
Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare9.29
Palm Garden of Port Saint Lucie10.04
Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehab Center10.06
Life Care Center of Port Saint Lucie10.411
Savannas Park Health and Rehabilitation Center10.811
Waters Edge Health and Rehabilitation12.21
Palm City Nursing & Rehab Center12.68
Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center13.711
Vivo Healthcare Fort Pierce13.719
Aviata at Saint Lucie14.321
Solaris Healthcare Parkway14.36

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

  • 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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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