Briarcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center
5024 Western Avenue, South Bend, IN, 46619
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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.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other · Chain: Sterling Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 131 · avg 93 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 46.2% — near the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 46.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — higher than most Indiana nursing homesIndiana avg: 41.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $10,839 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 155831
- Certified beds
- 131 beds · avg 93 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Pulaski Memorial Hospital
- Chain affiliation
- Sterling Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Sterling Healthcare chain — 5 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Adam Bennett
Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024
- Briarcliff Health Care - South Bend Llc
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2024
- Charles r Hutton
Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024
- Christopher a Gill
W-2 Managing Employee · 100% · since 2024
- Clinton Kauffman
Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024
- Gregg a Malott
Corporate Officer · 100% · since 2024
+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
January 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from Briarcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center
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
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 20)
- D0689·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- 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.
- G0740·Aug 8, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- D0609·Aug 8, 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.
- D0921·Aug 12, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- E0880·Aug 12, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Aug 12, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0756·Aug 12, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $11K
Most recent events
- Aug 12, 2024Fine · $11K
Fire-safety citations
32 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 17, 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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