Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
8800 Virginia Place, Merrillville, IN, 46410
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Brickyard Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 164 · avg 146 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 43.8% — near the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 46.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 39.1% — near the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 41.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 155362
- Certified beds
- 164 beds · avg 146 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Hendricks County Hospital
- Chain affiliation
- Brickyard Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Brickyard Healthcare chain — 23 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.6 / 5.
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Deanna m Fenoughty
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Mark Edward Gentry
Corporate Director · since 2022
- Timothy a Whicker
Corporate Director · since 2022
- John Waite
Corporate Director · since 2020
- Jacqueline Carpenter-heard
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2018
- Erin m Engels
Corporate Director · since 2014
+ 3 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 36)
- D0759·Feb 24, 2026Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- E0584·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
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.
- E0921·Aug 8, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- D0880·Aug 8, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Aug 8, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0759·Aug 8, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D0755·Aug 8, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0695·Aug 8, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Fire-safety citations
16 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 8, 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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