Westwood Post Acute
3185 W Arkansas Ave, Denver, CO, 80219
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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.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Pacs Group
- Certified beds
- 85 · avg 68 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 43.1% — near the Colorado averageColorado avg: 47.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — higher 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)
- 3 fines · $65,470 total
- Payment denials
- 2 denials
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 065274
- Certified beds
- 85 beds · avg 68 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- North Star Healthcare Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Pacs Group
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Pacs Group chain — 279 facilities across 16 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Jason h Murray
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Mark d Hancock
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Angela Connor
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2024
- Joshua o Jergensen
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Pacs Group, Inc.Holding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
- Pacs Holdings, LlcHolding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
+ 5 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
February 2023 (3 years ago) · acquired from North Star Rehabilitation And Care Community
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, 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 50)
- D0626·Apr 25, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- D0625·Apr 25, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- D0921·Apr 25, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- D0883·Apr 25, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- F0867·Apr 25, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- F0848·Apr 25, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
- E0809·Apr 25, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
- E0807·Apr 25, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $24K · 1 payment denial
- 20241 fine · $29K · 1 payment denial
- 20231 fine · $12K
Most recent events
- Apr 25, 2025Payment denial · 12 days · starting May 21, 2025
- Apr 25, 2025Fine · $24K
- Mar 7, 2024Payment denial · 25 days · starting Apr 5, 2024
- Mar 7, 2024Fine · $29K
- Sep 28, 2023Fine · $12K
Largest single fine on record: $29K.
Fire-safety citations
27 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 25, 2025. 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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