Cherokee Center For Nursing And Healing Llc
150 Hospital Circle Nw, Canton, GA, 30114
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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: Empire Care Centers
- Certified beds
- 100 · avg 85 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 56% — higher than most Georgia nursing homesGeorgia avg: 46.3% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 61.5% — higher than most Georgia nursing homesGeorgia avg: 44.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Georgia averageGeorgia avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $185,650 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 115508
- Certified beds
- 100 beds · avg 85 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Cherokee Center For Nursing And Healing Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Empire Care Centers
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Empire Care Centers chain — 19 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 1.8 / 5.
Disclosed owners (8 on record)
- Empire Care Centers Llc
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
- Empire ga 3 Holdco LlcHolding
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2022
- Ensh ga 3 LlcHolding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2022
- Ephraim Nussbaum
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 25% · since 2022
- Netanel Myerowitz
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2022
- Nmga3 jv Member LlcHolding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2022
+ 2 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
May 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation/canton
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 31)
- D0880·Mar 14, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0695·Mar 14, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0689·Mar 14, 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·Mar 14, 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.
- D0645·Mar 14, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- G0689·Dec 29, 2023Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- E0921·Dec 5, 2023Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- K0880·Dec 5, 2023Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $186K · 1 payment denial
Most recent events
- Dec 5, 2023Payment denial · 46 days · starting Dec 9, 2023
- Dec 5, 2023Fine · $186K
Fire-safety citations
11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 14, 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.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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