Select Specialty Hospital- Cleveland Fairhill
A long-term care hospital in Cleveland, Ohio 44120
11900 Fairhill Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44120. (216) 983-8012.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 15.2% of its patients went home or back to the community No different than the national rate
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 119 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 Mar 10, 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 Sep 2024. 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.
Sep 17, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance Of Physical Plant
The inspectors’ words, 501 words
“MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL PLANT CFR(s): 482.41(a) The condition of the physical plant and the overall hospital environment must be developed and maintained in such a manner that the safety and well-being of patients are assured. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 44810 Based on observation, resident and family interview, staff interview, and review of facility policies, the facility failed to provide a clean and sanitary environment for four patients (Patients #6, #7, #8, and #9) with the potential to affect all patients receiving services from the facility. Findings include: Interview on 09/17/24 at 10:23 A.M. with Patient #6 and her parents revealed the floor and the intravenous (IV) pole were filthy. Observation of the IV pole and the floor next to it revealed dried brown liquids withv multiple medical equipment packaging waste on the floor. Patient #6’s mother reported the brown stuff had been there greater than a week. Interview on 09/17/24 at 10:25 A.M. with Staff A confirmed the waste on the floor and the dried brown liquids on the IV pole and floor in Patient #6’s room. Observation of the medical equipment being used for Patient #7 on 09/17/24 at 10:30 A.M. revealed multiple stains of dried brown liquid on her floor and all over the bottom of her IV pole. Interview at the time of the observation with Staff A confirmed the stains. Observation on 09/17/24 at 10:32 A.M. of the common area in the room shared by Patient #8 and Patient #9 revealed dried brown liquid stains in front of the garbage can. There were multiple medical equipment wrappers strewn on the floor. Interview during the observation with Staff A confirmed the observation. Interview on 09/18/24 at 09:08 A.M. with Environmental Services Staff G confirmed floors are to be mopped in patient rooms at least daily, if not more. He confirmed the environmental services staff, along with the clinical staff, are responsible for cleaning the bottom of the IV poles. He reported he did not know why some rooms were found with substances dried on the floor. He also confirmed there were enought staff and cleaning supplies to complete their job timely. Telephone interview on 09/18/24 at 9:21 A.M. with Registered Nurse (RN) Staff I confirmed clinical staff as well as housekeeping are to clean up any spills or trash on the floor if they put it there. Review of the facility policy titled “Routine Daily Cleaning and Disinfection,” revised April 2023, revealed the clinical staff will be responsible for daily disinfecting of equipment such as medication carts and wound care supply carts. All patient rooms, clinical support, and ancillary areas will be cleaned daily. Wet mopping of the floors and baseboards are to be completed daily. Review of the facility policy titled “Cleaning: Environment, Patient Equipment and Medical Devices,” revised October 2023, revealed the standard of cleanliness was all parts of the equipment, including the underneath, will be visibly clean with no blood and body substances, dirt, debris, dust, adhesive tape, stains or spillage.”
All 5 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- 15.21% 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 (22.96%); catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), better than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.291); central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.458); C. diff infections, better than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.086).
- As CMS gives them: patients with one or more falls with major injury, 0%; patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers or injuries, 1.02%; patients successfully weaned from a ventilator, 65.33%; patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge, 50.14%; Medicare spending per patient (1 is the national median), 0.98.
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified long-term care hospital since Oct 1, 2000.
- 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.
- 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.
- 69.71% 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?
- Select Cleveland Hospitals, LLC owns 100% directly since Jul 1, 2016.
- 14 owners or officers are people: Robert A Ortenzio (owns 5% or more through other companies, 9.29%); Thomas Mullin (corporate officer); Jullie Idoine-Fries (corporate officer); Jullie Idoine-Fries (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jullie Idoine-Fries (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John Saich (corporate officer); Jennifer Fess (corporate officer); Jennifer Fess (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jennifer Fess (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert Breighner (managing employee (on the payroll)); Michael Malatesta (corporate officer); Robert Kido (corporate officer); John Duggan (corporate officer); John Duggan (corporate director).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change of ownership, the latest on Jun 1, 2016.
- 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% | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Intensiva Healthcare Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Regency Hospital Company, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2016 |
| Select Medical Holdings Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Select Cleveland Hospitals, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jul 1, 2016 |
| Regency Hospitals LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Stallion Intermediate Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49.39% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Stallion Group Parent LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49.39% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49% | Jul 1, 2016 |
| Wcas Xiv LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 20.58% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Cas Stallion Co Investments LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.96% | Jul 1, 2026 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 3 long-term care hospitals CMS lists in Cuyahoga County, 3 have CMS’s comparison of their discharges to the community with the national rate: 1 better than the national rate, 1 no different than the national rate, 1 worse than the national rate.
- CMS rates this one no different than the national rate for returning patients to the community.
CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Discharged to the community |
|---|---|
| Grace Hospital | 25.9 |
| Regency Hospital of Cleveland East | 10.8 |
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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