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Highlands Lake Center

4240 LAKELAND HIGHLANDS RD, Lakeland, FL, 33813

Type
Nursing home
State-licensedCMS certified · CCN 105620

Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed March 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall2/5
Health inspections2/5
Staffing3/5
Quality measures4/5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Corporation · Chain: Aston Health
Certified beds
179 · avg 158 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
51.4%higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
41.7%near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 45.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the Florida averageFlorida avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Infection control citations
1

State licensing & capacity

License number
1345096
Service type
Nursing Home
Licensed capacity
179 beds
Current license effective
July 30, 2024
Current license expires
July 29, 2026

Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026

Ownership & operations

Licensee
Highlands Lake Center Llc
Administrator
Byron Dean

Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026

Where this information comes from

  • License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Florida AHCA licensing registry, snapshot as of April 18, 2026.
  • Star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processed March 1, 2026.

Read our methodology for how this information is collected and verified.