Briarwood Health Care Center
1440 Vine St, Denver, CO, 80206
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Life Care Centers Of America
- Certified beds
- 201 · avg 89 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 38% — lower than most Colorado nursing homesColorado avg: 47.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 15.4% — lower than most Colorado nursing homesColorado avg: 43.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Colorado averageColorado avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $9,110 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 065255
- Certified beds
- 201 beds · avg 89 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers Of America, Inc.
- Chain affiliation
- Life Care Centers Of America
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Life Care Centers of America chain — 194 facilities across 26 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (15 on record)
- Hollie j Hoyle
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Thomas j Blanchard
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Aubrey Preston
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Derek Schmidt
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Richard Swanker
Corporate Director · since 2022
- Todd Fletcher
Corporate Director · since 2021
+ 9 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 22)
- G0760·Jul 16, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0919·Oct 3, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- D0698·Oct 3, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D0695·Oct 3, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0550·Oct 3, 2024
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- J0880·May 9, 2023
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0867·May 9, 2023
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- E0761·May 9, 2023
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $9,110
Most recent events
- Jul 16, 2025Fine · $9,110
Fire-safety citations
23 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 3, 2024. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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