Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing At Luzerne
463 North Hunter Hwy, Drums, PA, 18222
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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.
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 · Chain: Kadima Healthcare Group
- Certified beds
- 37 · avg 32 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 64.6% — higher than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 45.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 76.5% — higher than most Pennsylvania nursing homesPennsylvania avg: 41.0% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 3 departed — near the Pennsylvania averagePennsylvania avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $86,122 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 395484
- Certified beds
- 37 beds · avg 32 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Luzerne Rehabilitation & Nursing, Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Kadima Healthcare Group
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Kadima Healthcare Group chain — 15 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 1.6 / 5.
Disclosed owners (12 on record)
- Kadima Healthcare Group Inc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Pinnacle Healthcare Solutions Inc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Thomas b Lowden
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Andrea Harkins
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Cibc Bank Usa
5% or Greater Mortgage Interest · 100% · since 2025
- Dylan Armson
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
+ 6 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, 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 57)
- L0812·Jun 11, 2025Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- L0809·Jun 11, 2025Complaint
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·Jun 11, 2025Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- E0803·Jun 11, 2025Complaint
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.
- F0801·Jun 11, 2025Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
- D0626·Apr 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- D0625·Apr 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- D0623·Apr 17, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $23K
- 20241 fine · $63K
Most recent events
- Apr 17, 2025Fine · $23K
- Feb 29, 2024Fine · $63K
Largest single fine on record: $63K.
Fire-safety citations
1 Life-Safety-Code citation on file. Most recent: Apr 20, 2023. 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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