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West Newton Healthcare

25 Armory Street, West Newton, MA, 02465

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 225324

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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 June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall2 / 5
Health inspections2 / 5
Staffing2 / 5
Quality measures4 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Next Step Healthcare
Certified beds
123 · avg 100 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
60.2%higher than most Massachusetts nursing homesMassachusetts avg: 39.2% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
75.9%higher than most Massachusetts nursing homesMassachusetts avg: 43.7% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the Massachusetts averageMassachusetts avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
1 fine · $184,166 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
225324
Certified beds
123 beds · avg 100 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
25 Armory Street Operator Llc
Chain affiliation
Next Step Healthcare

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitLlc

Chain affiliation

Part of the Next Step Healthcare chain — 14 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.0 / 5.

Parent entity

Next Step Healthcare Llc

Disclosed owners (5 on record)

  • Next Step Healthcare Llc

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Robert Waddell

    Adp of The Snf · since 2024

  • Rishi Likhi

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2024

  • Damian Dell'anno

    5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2017

  • William Stephan

    Corporate Officer · 50% · since 2017

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

82 health citations on file2 from complaints1 federal fine totalling $184K

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 82)

  • D0689·Apr 23, 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.

  • E0883·Dec 18, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

  • D0880·Dec 18, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • E0790·Dec 18, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

  • B0732·Dec 18, 2025

    Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

    Post nurse staffing information every day.

  • D0695·Dec 18, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  • E0686·Dec 18, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

  • D0685·Dec 18, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20241 fine · $184K

Most recent events

  • Feb 2, 2024Fine · $184K

Fire-safety citations

11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 18, 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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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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