Country Aire Retirement Center
18540 State Highway 16, Lewistown, MO, 63452
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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
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Prime Healthcare Management
- Certified beds
- 60 · avg 36 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 71.9% — higher than most Missouri nursing homesMissouri avg: 56.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 100% — higher than most Missouri nursing homesMissouri avg: 50.2% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Missouri averageMissouri avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 265474
- Certified beds
- 60 beds · avg 36 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
- Legal Business Name Not Available
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Samuel Stern
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Bernard David Perlow
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 23% · since 2021
- Blue Sky Basin Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 67% · since 2021
- Dkdp Missouri Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2021
- Dkyh Missouri Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2021
- Dovid Yitzchok Kleiner
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 10% · since 2021
+ 3 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
August 2021 (4 years ago) · acquired from Country Aire Retirement Center
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 66)
- D0760·Nov 17, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- E0658·Nov 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0580·Nov 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- E0563·Nov 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.
- E0881·Mar 19, 2025Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- F0835·Mar 19, 2025Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- F0727·Mar 19, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- F0725·Mar 19, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 payment denial
Most recent events
- Mar 19, 2025Payment denial · 3 days · starting Jun 6, 2025
Fire-safety citations
32 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jul 11, 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.
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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