Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center
4502 General Meyer Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70131
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Priority Management
- Certified beds
- 180 · avg 125 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 34.9% — lower than most Louisiana nursing homesLouisiana avg: 47.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Louisiana averageLouisiana avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 195204
- Certified beds
- 180 beds · avg 125 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Priority Group Holdings, L.L.C.
- Chain affiliation
- Priority Management
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Priority Management chain — 38 facilities across 2 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.6 / 5.
Disclosed owners (23 on record)
- Blake Lipari
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Bertha h Daniels
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Jonnay r Burks
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Progressive Rehab Solutions, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Steven d Boulware
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Bauder Family Investments, Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 25% · since 2021
+ 17 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 15)
- D0755·Mar 12, 2026
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0688·Mar 12, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- E0578·Mar 12, 2026
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- B0842·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
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.
- E0658·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- E0755·Aug 5, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E0755·Mar 19, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0693·Mar 19, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Fire-safety citations
1 Life-Safety-Code citation on file. Most recent: Mar 7, 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 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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