Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
An inpatient rehabilitation facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
235 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. (616) 840-8000.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 67.6% of its patients went home or back to the community No different than the national rate
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years (needs attention)
- 167 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- 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.
- Condition-level deficiency
- For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 31, 2024: a complaint inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 1 of them at condition level, the most serious.
1 deficiency at condition level, the more serious of CMS’s two levels
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2024. Most serious: Condition-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 31, 2024: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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Patient Rights
“PATIENT RIGHTS CFR(s): 482.13 A hospital must protect and promote each patient’s rights. This Condition is not met as evidenced by: 28042 Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to develop and implement a policy that protected patients from abuse while under the care of the facility, resulting in the potential for negative outcomes for all patients served by the facility. Findings include: See specific tag: A-145 Failure to develop and implement a policy protecting patients from abuse.”
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Patient Rights: Free From Abuse/Harassment
The inspectors’ words, 567 words
“PATIENT RIGHTS: FREE FROM ABUSE/HARASSMENT CFR(s): 482.13(c)(3) The patient has the right to be free from all forms of abuse or harassment. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 28042 Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to develop and implement a policy that protected patients from abuse while under the care of the facility, resulting in the potential for unsatisfactory outcomes for all patients served by the facility. Findings include: On 01/30/2024 this surveyor requested the facility abuse policy. The surveyor was provided the facility’s policies for reporting suspected abuse of adult and child when presenting for care at the facility. The surveyor provided clarification and again requested the hospital wide abuse prevention, screening, recognition, training, and reporting, protecting, and investigation of abuse policy. The facility provided the facility, “Termination of Employment”, “Complaints and Grievances”, “Harassment Free Workplace” and “Investigation Guidelines” policies. Review of documents provided failed to detail how the hospital would protect all patients during investigations of allegations of abuse, neglect, or harassment while under the care of the facility. In an interview on 01/30/2024 at 1215, Staff A stated if a patient made an allegation of abuse regarding a staff member, the staff member would be removed from caring for that patient only. They would not be removed from all patient care during the investigation. Staff A stated the facility would offer the patient the right to call local authorities to report the allegations. Staff A also said the facility had no policy and procedure indicating what steps to follow. During an interview on 01/31/2024 at 1045, Staff A was asked by the surveyor if the facility had a policy regarding what to do when a patient reported allegations of abuse from a staff member or another patient. Staff A was further queried on what the facility does to prevent abuse through training staff on how to react, respond and report abuse, and how does the facility investigate allegations of abuse? Staff A stated the facility did not have an abuse policy regarding allegations of abuse made by a patient. In an interview on 1/30/2024 at 1340, Staff G stated she was a Supervisor during the day shift. If it was reported to her that a patient had made an allegation about a staff member being sexually inappropriate, Staff G would follow up with an interview of the patient, fill out incident report, then interview the staff member. Staff G said she would not assign that staff member to that particular patient during the investigation. Staff G said she would find out if the patient was confused and call the family to report the allegations, Staff G said she would then assign two care givers at all times to the patient, because many times the patient is just confused. When Staff G was asked by the surveyor what she would do if she determined the patient was alert and oriented, Staff G stated she wasn’t sure what to do at that point and would leave it to the manager of the unit. When the surveyor asked to speak to the manager of the unit, Staff G stated the manager was gone for the day. On 01/31/2024 at 1025 review of Clinical Care Supervisor job description, with a revision date of 08/2023 revealed the Clinical Care Supervisor plays an important role in providing a safe environment for all patients and staff.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- 67.57% of its patients returned home or to the community: no different than the national rate, as CMS compares it (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025).
- Compared by CMS: potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days after discharge, no different than the national rate (8.33%); potentially preventable readmissions during the stay, no different than the national rate (5.07%); catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.592); C. diff infections, no comparison (standardized infection ratio 0).
- As CMS gives them: patients with one or more falls with major injury, 0%; patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers or injuries, 0.4%; patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge, 56.33%; Medicare spending per patient (1 is the national median), 1.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facility since May 16, 1984.
- Ownership: non-profit.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- Cited at For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. in the last three years: it didn’t meet a whole condition of Medicare’s rules for hospitals.
- Non-profit.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - General Information. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for these facilities.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.
- 91.56% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Mary Free Bed Guild of Grand Rapids Michigan owns 100% directly since Dec 3, 1985.
- 30 owners or officers are people: Jeanne Skilton (corporate director); Michael S Jakubowski (corporate director); Gregory S Conway (corporate director); James Moyer (corporate director); Chad Bush (corporate director); Judy Tamer (managing employee (on the payroll)); Leanne Dimartino (managing employee (on the payroll)); Michael B Williams (corporate director); Bruce Brasser (managing employee (on the payroll)); David Muir (corporate director); Nathaniel Guzman (corporate officer); Ellen Nelson (corporate director); Michael T Andary (corporate director); Susan Ellen Shannon (managing employee (on the payroll)); Susan Taylor (corporate director); Kimberly Ridings (corporate director); Margaret Nault (corporate director); Judy Dunten (corporate director); Laura L Puff (corporate director); Carol M Springer (corporate director); Julie M Ridenour (corporate director); Kent R Riddle (corporate director); Scott Lewis (corporate director); Roger W Spoelman (corporate director); Ingrid Cheslek (corporate director); Dianne Deroseau (corporate director); Molly Krauss (corporate director); Holly Marie Peterson (corporate director); Ryan T Podvin (corporate director); Michele L Suchovsky (corporate director).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change of ownership.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Free Bed Guild of Grand Rapids Michigan | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 3, 1985 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 2 inpatient rehabilitation facilities CMS lists in Kent County, 2 have CMS’s comparison of their discharges to the community with the national rate: 2 no different than the national rate.
- CMS rates this one no different than the national rate for returning patients to the community.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Discharged to the community |
|---|---|
| Corewell Health Grand Rapids Rehabilitation Unit | 72.6 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for inpatient rehabilitation facilities or long-term care hospitals, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Many of these facilities are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - General Information (7t8x-u3ir).
Released Sep 23, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data (v9e4-nwhh).
Released Sep 23, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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