Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility
55 Melroy Avenue, Lackawanna, NY, 14218
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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 - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 84 · avg 82 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 45.1% — near the New York averageNew York avg: 40.3% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 35.7% — near the New York averageNew York avg: 39.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the New York averageNew York avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 335308
- Certified beds
- 84 beds · avg 82 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Brian d Snyder
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Joyce Markiewicz
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Patricia o Connor
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- James m Garvey
Corporate Officer · since 2020
- Russell Edwards
Corporate Officer · since 2020
- Alexis Agnello
Corporate Officer · since 2020
+ 5 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 4 of 4)
- E0700·Jul 24, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail…
- D0658·Jul 24, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0604·Jul 24, 2025
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- D0757·Jul 29, 2022
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Fire-safety citations
16 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 2, 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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