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Oak Ridge Care Center

A nursing home in Union Grove, Wisconsin 53182

1400 8th Ave, Union Grove, Wisconsin 53182. (262) 878-2788.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 15 citations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). Every month

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?

6 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Wisconsin average is 9.4.

Last standard inspection May 7, 2025.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Oct 28, 2025

Source:

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

When those citations happened

15 citations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

15 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 15 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 10 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

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

Oct 28, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations

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

    Rule F0686. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 24, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 24, 2025.

  • Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

    Rule F0947. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 24, 2025.

May 7, 2025: standard inspection2 citations

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

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 4, 2025.

  • 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: Jun 1, 2025.

May 7, 2025: standard and complaint inspection1 citation

  • 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. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 4, 2025.

Jun 28, 2024: complaint inspection4 citations

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

    Rule F0745. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 16, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Rule F0757. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 18, 2024.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 16, 2024.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 16, 2024.

Apr 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

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

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 29, 2024.

Jan 31, 2024: standard inspection3 citations

  • 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: Feb 19, 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. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 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. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2024.

Jan 31, 2024: standard and complaint inspection1 citation

  • 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.

    Rule F0693. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Sep 1, 1994.
  • 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, individual.
  • 74 certified beds.
Source:

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

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 4 fines in the last three years, $118,771 in all.
  • 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
  • 10 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
Oct 28, 2025Fine$62,305
May 7, 2025Fine$27,600
Jun 28, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Jun 28, 2024Fine$14,433
Jun 28, 2024Fine$14,433

Who does the caring?

5.16 nurse hours per resident per day

The Wisconsin average is 4.25.

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 homeWisconsin average
Nurse hours per resident per day5.164.25
Of which registered nurses0.940.98
At weekends4.373.75
Nursing staff turnover43.8%46.7%
Registered nurse turnover40%40.1%
Administrators who left1Not given

Who owns it?

  • 5 owners or officers are people: Steven Kuranz (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Steven Kuranz (corporate officer, 100%); Steven Kuranz (corporate director, 100%); Kathleen Jokisch (corporate officer); Kathleen Jokisch (managing employee (on the payroll)).
  • 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.

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Wisconsin average 3.2).
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 inspections2 of 5
Staffing5 of 5
Quality measures2 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 14.4 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (6; the middle value was 13).
Source:

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

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Oak Ridge Care Center This nursing home6
WI Veterans Home-Boland Hall1.219
Burlington Health and Rehabilitation Center10.428
Lincoln Park Nursing and Rehab LLC10.78
Complete Care at Ridgewood LLC10.78
Complete Care at Grande Prairie10.95
Brookside Care Center12.06
Avina of Kenosha12.213
Waters Edge Health and Rehabilitation Center13.219
Clairidge House13.819
Tudor Oaks Health Center14.415
Muskego Health and Rehabilitation Center14.413

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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