Nursing homes in Hawaii County
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7 nursing homes in Hawaii County, Hawaii.
From CMS’s monthly release of Oct 28, 2026. With Hawaii’s own list of the nursing homes it licenses that Medicare doesn’t certify. The record lists 45 nursing homes in Hawaii.
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OHCA’s layer of licensed facilities holds 45 licensed nursing homes. 42 of them are in CMS’s files (by Medicare number, name or address) and shown from CMS’s records; 2 are listed here as licensed by Hawaii and not Medicare-certified. Not listed: 1 hospice’s residence licensed as a skilled nursing facility, part of a hospice CMS lists.
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What the words on these cards mean7
- 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.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Nursing home Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag) 4of 5CMS’s overall rating12health citations at the latest inspection cycle3.60nurse hours per resident per day Overall4 of 5Inspections2 of 5Staffing5 of 5Citations12Fines, 3 years0 12 citations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2024. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D).
- Nursing home Hilo Benioff Medical Center Hilo, Hawaii 96720 4of 5CMS’s overall rating15health citations at the latest inspection cycle5.34nurse hours per resident per day Overall4 of 5Inspections3 of 5Staffing5 of 5Citations15Fines, 3 years0 16 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D).
- Nursing home Honoka’a Hospital & Skilled Nursing Honokaa, Hawaii 96727 5of 5CMS’s overall rating5health citations at the latest inspection cycle5.51nurse hours per resident per day Overall5 of 5Inspections4 of 5Staffing5 of 5Citations5Fines, 3 years0 13 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D).
- Nursing home Legacy Hilo Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Hilo, Hawaii 96720 1of 5CMS’s overall rating10health citations at the latest inspection cycle3.72nurse hours per resident per day Overall1 of 5Inspections1 of 5Staffing3 of 5Citations10Fines, 3 years1 20 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G).
- Nursing home Life Care Center of Hilo Hilo, Hawaii 96720 5of 5CMS’s overall rating8health citations at the latest inspection cycle3.79nurse hours per resident per day Overall5 of 5Inspections4 of 5Staffing4 of 5Citations8Fines, 3 years1 19 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G).
- Nursing home Life Care Center of Kona Kailua Kona, Hawaii 96740 3of 5CMS’s overall rating7health citations at the latest inspection cycle3.77nurse hours per resident per day Overall3 of 5Inspections2 of 5Staffing4 of 5Citations7Fines, 3 years0 21 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E).
- Nursing home Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home Hilo, Hawaii 96720 4of 5CMS’s overall rating10health citations at the latest inspection cycle4.64nurse hours per resident per day Overall4 of 5Inspections3 of 5Staffing4 of 5Citations10Fines, 3 years0 11 citations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D).
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CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Care Assurance (as mapped by the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program), Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) Facilities. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly.
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