Hilltop Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center
700 S. Cayuga Avenue, Altoona, PA, 16602
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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 - Individual · Chain: Abraham Smilow
- Certified beds
- 133 · avg 107 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 38.5% — lower than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 45.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 35.7% — lower than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 41.0% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Pennsylvania averagePennsylvania avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 395241
- Certified beds
- 133 beds · avg 107 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Hillview Snf Operating Company Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Abraham Smilow
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Abraham Smilow chain — 7 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 1.6 / 5.
Disclosed owners (14 on record)
- Hmtl Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Abraham Smilow
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 95% · since 2023
- Baruch Travitsky
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Brett l Scharf
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Ghc Consulting Company Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Ghc Snf Opco Holding Company LlcHolding
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
+ 8 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
April 2023 (3 years ago) · acquired from Guardian Healthcare Altoona
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 42)
- F0809·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
- E0804·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- E0803·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- D0802·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
- D0880·Dec 11, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0867·Dec 11, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- D0842·Dec 11, 2025
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.
- E0812·Dec 11, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Fire-safety citations
11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 17, 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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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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