Emerald Coast Center
114 THIRD STREET SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32548
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.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual · Chain: Hearthstone Senior Communities
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 101 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 46.7% — near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 57.1% — higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 45.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $17,114 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 11410961
- Service type
- Nursing Home
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Current license effective
- June 30, 2025
- Current license expires
- June 29, 2027
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Emerald Coast Rehabilitation Center, Llc
- Administrator
- Steven Donchey
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Hearthstone Senior Communities chain — 8 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Consulting Support Services, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Hearthstone Senior Communities, Inc.
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Themis Health Management, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Facility Support Company, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Kane Financial Services, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Tammy Hardy-fauber
Operational/managerial Control · since 2021
+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 15)
- D0689·Sep 25, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0656·Sep 25, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0550·Sep 25, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D0847·Jul 18, 2024
Administration Deficiencies
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
- D0656·Jul 18, 2024
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0645·Jul 18, 2024
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- D0554·Jul 18, 2024
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- D0552·Jul 18, 2024
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20242 fines · $17K
Most recent events
- Apr 26, 2024Fine · $8,557
- Apr 26, 2024Fine · $8,557
Largest single fine on record: $8,557.
Fire-safety citations
14 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 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 Mar 1, 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.