The Pines At Medford
185 Tuckerton Road, Medford, NJ, 08055
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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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 180 · avg 94 residents/day
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $300,000 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 315176
- Certified beds
- 180 beds · avg 94 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- 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 (5 on record)
- Sandra Lowden
W-2 Managing Employee · 100% · since 2018
- Barbara Levine
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2008
- Karen Mendelsohn
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2008
- Karen t Jaskot
Corporate Director · since 2008
- Richard i Pineles
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2008
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 44)
- D0690·Mar 24, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0658·Nov 20, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F0908·Dec 7, 2024Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- F0727·Dec 7, 2024Complaint
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·Dec 7, 2024Complaint
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.
- D0561·Dec 7, 2024Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- F0922·Dec 5, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Have enough backup water supply for essential areas of the nursing home.
- F0880·Dec 5, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $165K · 1 payment denial
- 20231 fine · $135K
Most recent events
- Oct 10, 2024Payment denial · 56 days · starting Jan 10, 2025
- Oct 10, 2024Fine · $165K
- Jul 3, 2023Fine · $135K
Largest single fine on record: $165K.
Fire-safety citations
30 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 5, 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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