Polaris Rehabilitation And Care Center
2700 E 12Th Street, Cheyenne, WY, 82001
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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 - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 105 · avg 71 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 68.6% — higher than most Wyoming nursing homesWyoming avg: 53.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 47.8% — near the Wyoming averageWyoming avg: 45.6% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 5 departed — near the Wyoming averageWyoming avg: 0.9 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $62,647 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 535025
- Certified beds
- 105 beds · avg 71 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
- North Big Horn Hospital District
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Benjamin Todd Simmons
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Cheyenne Opco Llc
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- David Winterholler
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Eric s Connell
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- North Big Horn Hospital District
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 3 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
October 2024 (1 year ago) · acquired from Polaris Rehabilitation And Care Center
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 39)
- F0838·Apr 22, 2026Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- E0800·Apr 22, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
- E0812·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E0761·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- E0756·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- D0729·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
- D0693·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D0637·Jan 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $63K
Most recent events
- Aug 7, 2025Fine · $63K
Fire-safety citations
23 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 15, 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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