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Washington Care Center

A nursing home in Seattle, Washington 98144

2821 South Walden Street, Seattle, Washington 98144. (206) 725-2800.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 32 citations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: actual harm (G). 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?

12 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Washington average is 15.7.

Last standard inspection Dec 16, 2025.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Sep 18, 2025

Source:

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

When those citations happened

32 citations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

32 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 32 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 4 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

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

Dec 16, 2025: standard inspection12 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule F0578. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • 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. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

    Rule F0628. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

    Rule F0645. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • 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: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

    Rule F0847. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

  • 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: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 28, 2026.

Sep 18, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2025.

Aug 7, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 1, 2025.

Nov 12, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 4, 2024.

Aug 21, 2024: standard inspection16 citations
  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

    Rule F0552. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • 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: Sep 25, 2024.

  • 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. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 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. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Rule F0644. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

    Rule F0645. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

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

    Rule F0677. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.

    Rule F0679. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • 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: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 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: Sep 25, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 25, 2024.

May 30, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 12, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jul 1, 1978.
  • 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.
  • 165 certified beds.
Source:

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

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 3 fines in the last three years, $52,007 in all.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 4 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

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

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Sep 18, 2025Fine$12,438
Aug 7, 2025Fine$10,358
May 30, 2024Fine$29,211

Who does the caring?

3.67 nurse hours per resident per day

The Washington average is 4.42.

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 homeWashington average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.674.42
Of which registered nurses0.810.99
At weekends3.283.82
Nursing staff turnover32.3%43.9%
Registered nurse turnover28.1%43.8%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Wcc Operator Holdings LLC owns 100% directly since Apr 1, 2020.
  • Wcc Evergreen Healthcare LLC and Couve Healthcare Consulting LLC and Veritas Health Solutions LLC and Wcc Operator LLC run it.
  • 14 owners or officers are people: Yisroel E Herzka (owns 5% or more through other companies, 51.3%); Yitzchok Yenowitz (owns 5% or more through other companies, 30%); Shaul Kopelowitz (owns 5% or more through other companies, 10%); A person CMS lists without a name (owns a share through other companies, 3%); A person CMS lists without a name (owns a share through other companies, 2.85%); A person CMS lists without a name (owns a share through other companies, 1.43%); A person CMS lists without a name (owns a share through other companies, 1.43%); Tami Doepke (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Tami Doepke (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Carla Nicole Amadei Gatti (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Carla Nicole Amadei Gatti (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Shaul Kopelowitz (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Yitzchok Yenowitz (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Yisroel E Herzka (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • A private-equity firm is 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
Wcc Evergreen Healthcare LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)100%Apr 1, 2020
Heartwood Washington Care Operations Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Apr 1, 2020
Wcc Operator Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Apr 1, 2020
Ch Heartwood Washington Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies51.3%Apr 1, 2020
An organisation CMS lists without a nameOwns a share through other companies1.43%Apr 1, 2020
An organisation CMS lists without a nameOwns a share through other companies1.43%Apr 1, 2020
Couve Healthcare Consulting LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Aug 31, 2023
Couve Healthcare Consulting LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 3, 2025
Wcc Evergreen Healthcare LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 3, 2025
Ch Heartwood Washington Holdings LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 1, 2020
Veritas Health Solutions LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Apr 4, 2025
Veritas Health Solutions LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jul 29, 2025
Wcc Operator LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Apr 1, 2020
Wcc Operator LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 3, 2025
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 3, 2025

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Washington average 4.1).
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 rating3 of 5
Health inspections3 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures4 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 4.4 miles, this one had the 9th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (12; the middle value was 17).
Source:

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

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Washington Care Center This nursing home12
Kin on Health Care Center1.611
Transitional Care of Seattle1.617
Seattle Medical Post Acute Care2.424
The Terraces at Skyline2.719
Caroline Kline Galland Home2.919
Bailey-Boushay House3.517
Mirabella3.515
Providence Mount St Vincent3.818
Covenant Shores Health Center4.211
Avamere Rehabilitation at Park West4.321
Park Shore4.412

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:

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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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