Riviera Palms Rehabilitation Center
926 HABEN BLVD, Palmetto, FL, 34221
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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Sovereign Healthcare Holdings
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 107 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 37.4% — near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 42.1% — near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 45.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Florida averageFlorida avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $278,615 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 14610962
- Service type
- Nursing Home
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Current license effective
- July 14, 2025
- Current license expires
- December 29, 2027
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Sovereign Healthcare Of Palmetto Llc
- Administrator
- Joseph Walsh
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Sovereign Healthcare Holdings chain — 43 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.5 / 5.
Parent entity
Sovereign Healthcare Holdings Llc
Disclosed owners (18 on record)
- Southern Healthcare Management Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Forvis Mazars Llp
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- William Notermann
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Sandra Haywood
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Frederick Landy
Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2022
- Michelle Kelly
Adp of The Snf · since 2018
+ 12 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
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 19)
- J0726·Jun 5, 2025
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- D0689·Jun 5, 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.
- D0679·Jun 5, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- D0656·Jun 5, 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.
- D0609·Jun 5, 2025
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D0605·Jun 5, 2025
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- J0600·Jun 5, 2025
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D0584·Jun 5, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $279K
Most recent events
- Jun 5, 2025Fine · $279K
Fire-safety citations
6 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jun 5, 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.