Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home
4419 TRAM ROAD, Panama City, FL, 32404
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
- Government - State · Chain: Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 116 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 53.6% — higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 46.4% — near the Florida averageFlorida 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
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 130471027
- Service type
- Nursing Home
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Current license effective
- January 18, 2025
- Current license expires
- January 17, 2027
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Florida Department Of Veteran'S Affairs
- Administrator
- Rezeq Elbataineh
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs chain — 8 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.3 / 5.
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Jennifer Reyes
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Rezeq f Elbataineh
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Paula Smith
Operational/managerial Control · since 2016
- Alfred Carter
Corporate Director · 100% · since 2011
- Florida Department of Veterans Affairs
Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2003
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 3 of 3)
- D0921·Feb 1, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- D0585·Feb 1, 2024
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- D0644·Sep 15, 2022
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Fire-safety citations
4 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 3, 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.