Care One at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
A long-term care hospital in Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207
225 Williamson St 7 North, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207. (908) 994-5412.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 5.3% of its patients went home or back to the community Worse than the national rate
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 75 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- 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.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Oct 1, 2025: a complaint inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
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 Oct 2025. Most serious: Standard-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.
Oct 1, 2025: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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Administration Of Drugs
The inspectors’ words, 316 words
“ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS CFR(s): 482.23(c)(1), (c)(1)(i) & (c)(2) (1) Drugs and biologicals must be prepared and administered in accordance with Federal and State laws, the orders of the practitioner or practitioners responsible for the patient’s care as specified under §482.12(c), and accepted standards of practice. (i) Drugs and biologicals may be prepared and administered on the orders of other practitioners not specified under §482.12(c) only if such practitioners are acting in accordance with State law, including scope of practice laws, hospital policies, and medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations. (2) All drugs and biologicals must be administered by, or under supervision of, nursing or other personnel in accordance with Federal and State laws and regulations, including applicable licensing requirements, and in accordance with the approved medical staff policies and procedures. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 51986 Based on a staff interview, facility policy review, and review of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines, it was determined that the facility failed to administer emergency medications within the recommended time interval in accordance with facility policy as evidenced by documentation on the Cardiopulmonary (CPR) Record. Findings include: Facility policy titled, “Medication Administration - IV [intravenous] Push” (revised 08/24) stated, “ ...III. Critical/Emergency IV Medications ... Registered Nurses ... may administer the following medications ... as per the ACLS protocol ... Epinephrine - 1.0 mg [milligram] as a rapid infusion and repeat at 3-5-minute intervals.” On 09/20/25 at 6:35 AM and at 6:37 AM, in the medication section of the CPR record, “epinephrine 1 mg IV” was documented as administered to Patient (P)1. The facility failed to administer epinephrine within the recommended time interval in accordance with facility policy and ACLS guidelines. The second dose of epinephrine was given within two minutes of the first dose. The recommended time interval is three to five minutes between administrations. The above finding was confirmed by Staff (S)1.”
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Medical Record Services
The inspectors’ words, 340 words
“MEDICAL RECORD SERVICES CFR(s): 482.24(c)(1) All patient medical record entries must be legible, complete, dated, timed, and authenticated in written or electronic form by the person responsible for providing or evaluating the service provided, consistent with hospital policies and procedures. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 51986 Based on a staff interview, review of facility policy, and review of facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that: 1) all staff who administer emergency medications on the Cardiopulmonary (CPR) Record are documented; and 2) the full name and title of the staff member in the “Meds [medications] given by” column of the CPR record the dose and route of which a medication is administered is documented. Findings include: Facility policy titled, “Code Blue” (revised 08/24), stated, “... Procedure... 11. The role of the personnel in a Code Blue is follows: a. Registered Nurse... 4. Document on Cardiopulmonary Record...” 1. At the bottom of the CPR record for Patient (P)1, an area for a staff member’s signature and printed name appears and requests the corresponding staff to fill in whomever fulfilled the roles of “RN [Registered Nurse] Transcriber, RT [Respiratory Therapist], MD [Doctor of Medicine], and Meds [medications] given by.” The CPR record failed to identify Staff (S)10 as a staff member who administered one milligram of epinephrine during the Code Blue. On 10/01/25 at 10:50 AM, a telephone interview was conducted with S10 who stated, “based on the [defibrillator] rhythm strip, I gave one dose of Epi [epinephrine].” The above findings were confirmed by S10. 2. On 09/20/25 at 6:45 AM, in the medication section of P1’s CPR record, sodium bicarb [bicarbonate] (a medication used in medical emergencies during a cardiac arrest) was documented as administered. The CPR record lacked evidence of the dose and route of which the medication was administered. The CPR record failed to identify the staff member’s full name and title who administered medication during the Code Blue. Only a first name was provided. The above findings were confirmed by S1.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- 5.27% of its patients returned home or to the community: worse 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 (24.97%); catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 1.122); central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.553); C. diff infections, better than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.314).
- As CMS gives them: patients with one or more falls with major injury, 0%; patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers or injuries, 8.08%; patients successfully weaned from a ventilator, 69.11%; patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge, 22.98%; Medicare spending per patient (1 is the national median), 0.99.
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified long-term care hospital since Nov 1, 2004.
- Ownership: for profit.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- No 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. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- For profit.
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - 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.
- 98.94% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Care One LLC owns 100% directly since Nov 1, 2004.
- Care One Management, LLC runs it.
- 4 owners or officers are people: Daniel E Straus (owns 5% or more through other companies, 37.67%); David Baruch (corporate officer); Sharon Bready (corporate director); Sharon Bready (managing employee (on the payroll)).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records no 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care One LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Nov 1, 2004 |
| DES Holding Co., Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 24.17% | Dec 1, 2021 |
| Des-C 2009 Grat | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 20.62% | Oct 26, 2009 |
| Des 2009 Gst Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | Dec 1, 2021 | |
| Care One Management, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jun 1, 2006 |
How does it compare nearby?
- No other long-term care hospital CMS lists is in Union County.
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
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, Long-Term Care Hospital - General Information (azum-44iv).
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, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data (fp6g-2gsn).
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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