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University Nursing & Rehab Center

A nursing home in Athens, Georgia 30606

180 Epps Bridge Road, Athens, Georgia 30606. (706) 549-5382.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 23 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. 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 Georgia average is 4.9.

Last standard inspection May 14, 2026.

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

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

23 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 23 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 11 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

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

May 14, 2026: standard inspection6 citations

  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Rule F0554. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 1, 2026.

  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

    Rule F0655. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 1, 2026.

  • 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 1, 2026.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 19, 2026.

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

    Rule F0883. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 19, 2026.

  • Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member’s vaccination status.

    Rule F0887. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 19, 2026.

Apr 3, 2025: standard inspection3 citations

  • 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.

    Rule F0584. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

Dec 9, 2023: standard inspection3 citations

  • Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.

    Rule F0583. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

    Rule F0685. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

Dec 9, 2023: standard and complaint inspection11 citations

  • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

    Rule F0623. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.

    Rule F0624. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

    Rule F0625. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

    Rule F0661. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

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

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

    Rule F0745. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

    Rule F0790. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jan 1, 1990.
  • 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, corporation.
  • 122 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.
  • 11 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?

2.95 nurse hours per resident per day

The Georgia average is 3.61.

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 homeGeorgia average
Nurse hours per resident per day2.953.61
Of which registered nurses0.150.50
At weekends2.663.12
Nursing staff turnover69.6%46.8%
Registered nurse turnover80%46.1%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC owns 100% directly since Nov 12, 2013.
  • Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC runs it.
  • 26 owners or officers are people: Sara Bender (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sara Bender (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Dorothy Pope (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Dorothy Pope (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Emem B Udo (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Emem B Udo (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Joane Reddick (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joane Reddick (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Demarious Sims (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Demarious Sims (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Isaac Y Ovits (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Isaac Y Ovits (on the governing body (managing control)); Isaac Y Ovits (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Maria Macatula (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Maria Macatula (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Dianne W Patterson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Dianne W Patterson (on the governing body (managing control)); Dianne W Patterson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sonia Pughsley (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sonia Pughsley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Katherine L Nordholm (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Katherine L Nordholm (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Alyssa Vaughan (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Alyssa Vaughan (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • Part of Cypress Skilled Nursing (5 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
Cypress Skilled Nursing LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Nov 12, 2013
Cypress Operating LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Nov 12, 2013
SNF TrOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Nov 12, 2013
Enin TrOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Nov 12, 2013
Cypress Skilled Nursing LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Jan 1, 2014
Cypress Skilled Nursing LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Nov 20, 2025
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Nov 20, 2025
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 17, 2025
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 22, 2014

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 1 of 5 (Georgia average 3.0).
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 rating1 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing1 of 5
Quality measures1 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 23.9 miles, this one had the 2nd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (6; the middle value was 2.5).
Source:

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

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
University Nursing & Rehab Center This nursing home6
Presbyterian Village - Athens0.60
Pruitthealth - Athens Heritage2.04
Pruitthealth - Grandview3.01
The Oaks - Athens Skilled Nursing3.44
High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation7.72
Quiet Oaks Health Care Center13.82
Winder Center for Nursing and Healing16.39
Park Place Nursing Facility18.84
Hill Haven Nursing Home19.22
Northridge Health and Rehabilitation19.23
Comer Health and Rehabilitation23.92

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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