Kessler Rehab Center
An inpatient rehabilitation facility in West Orange, New Jersey 07052
1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey 07052. (973) 243-6830.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 64.7% of its patients went home or back to the community Worse than the national rate
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 336 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 May 26, 2026: a complaint inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. 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.
May 26, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Patient Rights: Care In Safe Setting
The inspectors’ words, 514 words
“PATIENT RIGHTS: CARE IN SAFE SETTING CFR(s): 482.13(c)(2) The patient has the right to receive care in a safe setting. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 51555 Based on staff interview, review of facility policy, and review of facility documents, it was determined the facility failed to ensure all staff is aware of the proper processes for initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when indicated. Findings include: Facility policy titled, “Change in Patient Condition Early Recognition and Intervention”, last revised 4/1/25, stated, “Purpose: 1. Rapidly identify changes in condition to address and prevent further deterioration 2. Provide parameters for significant change in patient condition 3. Provide guidelines for patient assessment... Policy: ... 2. Utilize Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) algorithms as appropriate.” Facility document titled, “Adult BLS Algorithm,” stated, “The Adult BLS Algorithm for Health Care Professionals outlines steps for single rescuers and multiple rescuers of an unresponsive adult... 1. Verify scene safety. 2. Check for responsiveness. Shout for nearby help. Activate emergency response system. Send someone to get AED [automated external defibrillator - monitor that detects irregular heart rhythms and can deliver a shock if needed]. 3. Look for no breathing or only gasping and check pulse (simultaneously). Is pulse definitely felt within 10 seconds? No breathing or only gasping, no pulse felt 6. Start CPR.” An interview was conducted with S9 and S10 at 11:12 AM. When asked what the process is when a patient is found unresponsive, S9 stated, “we need the nurse there, so I’d call for help and they would call a rapid response. We don’t check pulses; we have to wait until the nurse comes into the room.” S10 agreed with S9 and explained he/she would not check pulses or initiate CPR if he/she found an unresponsive patient. Instead he/she would wait for the nurse to come into the room. During interview at 11:48 AM, S14 explained that during a “code blue,” he/she would check patient pulses, initiate CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation], and call for help. When asked if the NAs [nursing assistant] in the facility are BLS [Basic Life Support] certified, and if they are permitted to initiate CPR, S14 stated, “yes, NA’s initiate CPR, they are trained in BLS. They should start CPR.” An interview was conducted at 11:54 AM, with S16. When asked what the process is when he/she finds an unresponsive patient, S16 stated, “I would call for help and leave the patient how they are. I have to wait for a nurse; I wouldn’t touch them.” When asked if he/she was CPR certified, S16 stated, “yes, I’m CPR certified.” When interviewing S1 at 1:30 PM, S1 explained he/she teaches the CPR certification class. S1 stated, “there is no difference in CPR education for nurses or NA’s, everyone receives the same CPR training. We teach adult and pediatric CPR and AED use.” When asked if the NAs can initiate CPR or do they wait for a nurse to enter the room, S1 explained the NA’s should be initiating CPR. They can call for help first, and start compressions if needed.”
All 3 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- 64.7% 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 (9.33%); potentially preventable readmissions during the stay, no different than the national rate (5.22%); catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 1.154); C. diff infections, better than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.339).
- As CMS gives them: patients with one or more falls with major injury, 0.22%; patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers or injuries, 0.52%; patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge, 49.32%; Medicare spending per patient (1 is the national median), 1.05.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facility since Jan 1, 1985.
- 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, 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.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection 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.
- 93.81% 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?
- Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation owns 100% directly since Dec 27, 1996.
- Select Medical Corporation runs it.
- 17 owners or officers are people: Robert A Ortenzio (owns 5% or more through other companies, 18.22%); Caitlin Denzer-Weiler (corporate officer); Caitlin Denzer-Weiler (managing employee (on the payroll)); Caitlin Denzer-Weiler (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Neel Patel (corporate officer); Neel Patel (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Neel Patel (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Thomas Mullin (corporate officer); Hossam Bayoumy (corporate officer); Hossam Bayoumy (managing employee (on the payroll)); Hossam Bayoumy (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John Saich (corporate officer); Robert Breighner (managing employee (on the payroll)); Michael Malatesta (corporate director); Robert Kido (corporate officer); John Duggan (corporate officer, 0%); John Duggan (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select Medical Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Select Medical Corporation | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 27, 1996 |
| Select Medical Holdings Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Stallion Intermediate Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 96.84% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Stallion Group Parent LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 96.84% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Wcas Xiv LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 40.34% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Cas Stallion Co Investments LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 13.64% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| California Public Employees’ Retirement System | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.16% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Muir Woods Partners LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.16% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| The Rocco A Ortenzio Revocable Trust, Dte 8-14-2007, As Amended | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.85% | Jul 1, 2026 |
How does it compare nearby?
- No other inpatient rehabilitation facility CMS lists is in Essex County.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - 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, 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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