Spring Mill Health Campus
A nursing home in Merrillville, Indiana 46410
101 W 87th Ave, Merrillville, Indiana 46410. (219) 756-0744.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 8 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Indiana average: 7.2
- 4.38 nurse hours per resident per day Indiana average: 3.73
- 0 fines in the last three years
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?
8 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Indiana average is 7.2.
Last standard inspection Dec 9, 2025.
Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
28 citations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 28 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. 11 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jun 3, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Dec 9, 2025: standard inspection6 citations
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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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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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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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Jul 1, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Feb 18, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Sep 10, 2024: standard inspection11 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
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Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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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 for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Feb 20, 2024: complaint inspection6 citations
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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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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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since May 7, 2007.
- 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 non profit, corporation.
- 64 certified beds.
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.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
4.38 nurse hours per resident per day
The Indiana average is 3.73.
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 | Indiana average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.38 | 3.73 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.68 |
| At weekends | 3.25 | 3.26 |
| Nursing staff turnover | Not given | 45.9% |
| Registered nurse turnover | Not given | 40.5% |
| Administrators who left | Not given | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Major Hospital owns 100% directly since Jul 1, 2017; Major Hospital owns an unstated share directly since Sep 1, 2021.
- Spring Mill Hc LLC runs it.
- 30 owners or officers are people: Jeff Beaty (on the governing body (managing control)); Michelle Ashford (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Monesha Berry (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sherri Lynn Tandy (on the governing body (managing control)); Kristine Teodori (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Kristine Teodori (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Melanie Stevens (on the governing body (managing control)); Lakethia Webb (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Lakethia Webb (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); John Coffin (on the governing body (managing control)); Ryan Claxton (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Ryan Claxton (on the governing body (managing control)); Ryan Claxton (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Alisha Boler (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Steven Cosner (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Latoya Cobbins-Rivera (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Ralph Mercuri (corporate director); Moshe Siegal (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Moshe Siegal (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Paula A Gustafson (corporate director); Keith P Mostrog (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Tamra Gates Jackson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Karen Burton (corporate director); Phillip Haehl (on the governing body (managing control)); Heather Kuhn (corporate officer); Stephen Black (corporate director); Kyla Kettell (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jan N Sandman (on the governing body (managing control)); Dana Caldwell (on the governing body (managing control)); Christina Lee (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Casa Consulting (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.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Hospital | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jul 1, 2017 |
| Major Hospital | Trustee | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| Major Hospital | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| Major Hospital | Owns a share directly | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| Spring Mill Hc LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| Spring Mill Hc LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| Sm Real Estate LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| Casa Consulting, LLC | Trustee | Sep 1, 2021 | |
| Casa Consulting, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Dec 16, 2025 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Indiana average 4.3).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 9.4 miles, this one had the 12th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (8; the middle value was 15).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Mill Health Campus This nursing home | 8 | |
| Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center | 0.4 | 12 |
| Lincolnshire Health & Rehabilitation Center | 0.6 | 24 |
| Colonial Nursing Home | 3.0 | 9 |
| Saint Anthony | 4.5 | 10 |
| Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLC | 4.9 | 19 |
| Casa of Hobart | 5.0 | 14 |
| Crown Point Health Campus | 5.6 | 15 |
| The Waters of Hobart Skilled Nursing Facility | 6.8 | 15 |
| Aperion Care Tolleston Park | 8.2 | 19 |
| Great Lakes Healthcare Center | 8.8 | 26 |
| Ignite Medical Resort Dyer LLC | 9.4 | 19 |
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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