Avante At St. Cloud, Inc.
1301 KANSAS AVE, Saint Cloud, FL, 34769-5999
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 - Corporation · Chain: Avante Centers
- Certified beds
- 131 · avg 125 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 51.6% — higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 61.5% — higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida 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 · $5,710 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 1518096
- Service type
- Nursing Home
- Licensed capacity
- 131 beds
- Current license effective
- May 30, 2026
- Current license expires
- May 29, 2028
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Avante At St. Cloud, Inc.
- Administrator
- Ramez Massoud
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Avante Centers chain — 11 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Kimberly l. Biegasiewicz
Corporate Officer · since 2022
- John c. Hornack
Corporate Officer · since 2019
- Sisel Klurman 2001 Revocable Trust
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 25% · since 2010
- ag Holdings, Inc.
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2003
- Zipora Ben-aviv
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 8% · since 2000
- Debbie Klurman 1994 Trust
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 8% · since 1989
+ 3 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 20)
- D0697·Aug 15, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D0842·Aug 15, 2024
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D0695·Aug 15, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0689·Aug 15, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0684·Aug 15, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D0644·Aug 15, 2024
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- D0641·Aug 15, 2024
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D0623·Aug 15, 2024
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $5,710
Most recent events
- May 4, 2023Fine · $5,710
Fire-safety citations
4 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 15, 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 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.