Birch Creek Post Acute & Rehabilitation
5601 S Orchard Street, Tacoma, WA, 98409
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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: Hill Valley Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 110 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 49.6% — near the Washington averageWashington avg: 45.9% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — near the Washington averageWashington avg: 46.8% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Washington averageWashington avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 505289
- Certified beds
- 124 beds · avg 110 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
- Tacoma Snf Operations Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Hill Valley Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Hill Valley Healthcare chain — 44 facilities across 7 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Gig Harbor Snf Operations Manager Llc
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2023
- Shimon Idels
Corporate Officer · 100% · since 2023
- Steven a Schwartz
Corporate Officer · 100% · since 2023
- Tacoma Snf Operations Manager Llc
Other · 100% · since 2023
- Daniel a Gottesman
Other · since 2023
- Heather Bennet-idels
Other · since 2023
+ 5 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
April 2023 (3 years ago) · acquired from Promedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (tacoma)
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 74)
- E0726·Mar 26, 2026Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- G0690·Mar 26, 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.
- G0689·Mar 26, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F0812·Mar 13, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F0803·Mar 13, 2026
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.
- D0791·Mar 13, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
- D0697·Mar 13, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- E0695·Mar 13, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Fire-safety citations
31 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 13, 2026. 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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