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429 W Lincoln Rd, Kokomo, IN 46902 (opens Google Maps) · Howard County · (765) 453-5600· 80 certified beds · avg 70 residents/day · certified since Jul 20, 1983 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: COMMUNICARE HEALTH (110 facilities, chain avg rating 3.2★)
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Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
Showing the latest 3 of 14 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. F-0755
The facility did not protect residents from misuse of their belongings or money — this is called misappropriation, and it includes theft or improper use of a resident's property or funds. F-0602
The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). F-0628
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2025 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. · F-0755 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not protect residents from misuse of their belongings or money — this is called misappropriation, and it includes theft or improper use of a resident's property or funds. · F-0602 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). · F-0628 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · F-0684 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · F-0584 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · F-0684 |
| May 17, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · F-0695 |
| May 17, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. · F-0700 |
| May 17, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. · F-0758 |
| Mar 7, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not make sure its nurses and nurse aides had the skills and training needed to properly care for every resident. · from a complaint · F-0726 |
| Mar 7, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. · from a complaint · F-0755 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · from a complaint · F-0609 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide necessary behavioral health care and services — support for residents' mental and emotional wellbeing, including conditions like depression and anxiety. · from a complaint · F-0740 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint · F-0689 |
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (2 → 4).
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | E |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
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What these staffing numbers mean →
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | Indiana avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.19 | 3.42 | 3.95 | bottom 43% in Indiana; bottom 21% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.32 | 0.62 | 0.69 | bottom 7% in Indiana; bottom 11% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.76 | 3.01 | 3.50 | bottom 40% in Indiana; bottom 19% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.48 | bottom 27% in Indiana; bottom 36% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 43.1 | 45.9 | 45.8 | top 41% in Indiana; top 45% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 37.5 | 40.4 | 42.9 | top 44% in Indiana; top 42% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.51, RN 0.35, weekend 3.03.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.51 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Price evidence · separate from quality
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How to read ownership records →
Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Regional Hospital | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/2014 |
| Bond, Maria | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2021 |
| Bond, Maria | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2021 |
| Bond, Maria | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2021 |
| Clark, Timothy | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2015 |
| Clark, Timothy | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2014 |
| Clark, Timothy | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2015 |
| Daugherty, Joshua | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2020 |
| Daugherty, Joshua | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2020 |
| Daugherty, Joshua | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2020 |
| Felker, Dean | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2015 |
| Felker, Dean | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2014 |
| Felker, Dean | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2015 |
| Hancock Regional Hospital | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/09/2025 |
| Joyner, Sara | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2022 |
| Joyner, Sara | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2022 |
| Joyner, Sara | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2022 |
| Lincoln Mgt Co LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/01/2017 |
| Lincoln Mgt Co LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/01/2017 |
| Long, Steven | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/13/2022 |
Showing 20 of 37 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 17 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.
CMS lists this facility under the chain Communicare Health — 110 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.
Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 109 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aperion Care Kokomo | 0.8 mi | Kokomo, IN | ★☆☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Wellbrooke of Kokomo | 1.6 mi | Kokomo, IN | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| North Woods Village | 2.8 mi | Kokomo, IN | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Brickyard Healthcare -Sycamore Village Care Center | 3.0 mi | Kokomo, IN | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Waterford Place Health Campus | 3.0 mi | Kokomo, IN | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Century Villa Health Care | 9.1 mi | Greentown, IN | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Waters of Tipton Skilled Nursing Facility, the | 13.7 mi | Tipton, IN | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | SFF |
| Aperion Care Peru | 15.0 mi | Peru, IN | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Elwood Health and Living | 19.9 mi | Elwood, IN | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 |
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 155222.
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