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Lopatcong Center
390 Red School Lane, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 (opens Google Maps) · Warren County · (908) 859-0200· 153 certified beds · avg 130 residents/day · certified since Feb 1, 1984 · 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: GENESIS HEALTHCARE (184 facilities, chain avg rating 2.4★)
2/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Jun 16, 2025
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
3.17
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)
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What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
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Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5 · 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.
Inspection findings in the public record
Showing the latest 3 of 24 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. F-0809
The facility did not have a working call system — the button or cord residents use to summon help — in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. F-0919
The facility did not make sure residents were fully informed about their own health, care, and treatments in a way they could understand. F-0552
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2025 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. · F-0809 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not have a working call system — the button or cord residents use to summon help — in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. · F-0919 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not make sure residents were fully informed about their own health, care, and treatments in a way they could understand. · F-0552 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 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 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. · F-0641 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. · F-0656 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. · from a complaint · F-0842 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. These written safeguards are the foundation of resident protection. · from a complaint · F-0607 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility used feeding tubes without a valid medical reason or the resident's agreement, or did not provide proper care to residents who have feeding tubes. · F-0693 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not make sure the resident's doctor reviewed their care and wrote, signed, and dated progress notes and orders at each required visit. · F-0711 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not have enough nursing staff each day to meet every resident's needs, or did not have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. Adequate staffing is one of the strongest predictors of good care. · from a complaint · F-0725 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | 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 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. · F-0756 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. · F-0759 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. · F-0582 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. · F-0641 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. · F-0656 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · F-0657 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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 |
| Nov 1, 2021 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. · F-0656 |
| Nov 1, 2021 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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 |
| Nov 1, 2021 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (13 → 7).
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2021
All citations: 3
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2024
All citations: 14
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2025
All citations: 7
Serious citations (G–L): 0
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | E |
| 2025 | 7 | 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.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
What these staffing numbers mean →
This facilityNew Jersey averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 3.17
New Jersey average: 3.88
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 0.55
New Jersey average: 0.67
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 2.87
New Jersey average: 3.53
U.S. average: 3.50
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | New Jersey avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.17 | 3.88 | 3.95 | bottom 13% in New Jersey; bottom 20% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.69 | bottom 48% in New Jersey; bottom 45% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.87 | 3.53 | 3.50 | bottom 14% in New Jersey; bottom 24% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.48 | top 44% in New Jersey; top 42% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 37.5 | 39.7 | 45.8 | top 44% in New Jersey; top 30% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 46.2 | 37.7 | 42.9 | bottom 30% in New Jersey; bottom 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 3.07, RN 0.53, weekend 2.78.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.07 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Quality measures: assessments & claims
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: 5/5
Costs & payment
Price evidence · separate from quality
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Who owns this facility
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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 - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fc-Gen Operations Investment LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 04/01/2011 |
| Gen Operations I LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 04/01/2011 |
| Gen Operations II LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 04/01/2011 |
| Genesis Healthcare INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/02/2015 |
| Genesis Healthcare LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 04/01/2011 |
| Genesis Holdings LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/02/2015 |
| Genesis Operations IV LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/31/2011 |
| GHC Holdings LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/2011 |
| Sun Healthcare Group INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/02/2015 |
| Whitman, Arnold | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 12/31/2011 |
| Aversa, Thaddeus | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2002 |
| Aversa, Thaddeus | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/28/2025 |
| Berg, Michael | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/01/2012 |
| Bridgeford, Laura | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2024 |
| Genesis Administrative Services LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2019 |
| Mendelson, Avi | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2024 |
| Powerback Rehabilitation LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2023 |
| Scheier, Barry | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/27/2023 |
| Scheier, Barry | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/28/2025 |
All 19 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
Other facilities in the same chain
CMS lists this facility under the chain Genesis Healthcare — 184 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.
- Maple Glen Center — Fairlawn, NJ · overall 4/5
- Millville Center — Millville, NJ · overall 2/5
- North Cape Center — North Cape May, NJ · overall 3/5
- Ridgewood Center — Ridgewood, NJ · overall 1/5
- Southern Ocean Center — Manahawkin, NJ · overall 4/5
- Troy Hills Center — Parsippany, NJ · overall 2/5
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation — Albuquerque, NM · overall 2/5
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center — Albuquerque, NM · overall 3/5
Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 183 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What happens if a resident is hungry between meals or misses a mealtime — what food options are available?"
- "Can you show me the call buttons in the bathrooms and bathing areas, and tell me your average response time when one is pressed?"
- "How do you explain health changes and treatment options to residents and their families?"
- "How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
- "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
- "Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "How do you keep residents' medical records accurate, complete, and secure?"
Also worth asking anywhere
- "Your weekend nurse staffing is reported below the New Jersey midpoint — how does the weekend schedule differ from a weekday?"
- "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
- "CMS reports 38% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
- "The ownership record on file lists 19 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
- "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"
Nearby facilities (12 closest of 35 within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Care at Brakeley Park | 0.3 mi | Phillipsburg, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Complete Care at Phillipsburg, LLC | 1.8 mi | Phillipsburg, NJ | ★★★☆☆ | 4/5 | |
| Gardens at Easton, the | 2.7 mi | Easton, PA | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, the | 2.7 mi | Easton, PA | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| New Eastwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 4.1 mi | Easton, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Easton Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 4.8 mi | Easton, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Northampton Post Acute | 6.6 mi | Easton, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Moravian Hall Square Health and Wellness Center | 8.1 mi | Nazareth, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem | 8.3 mi | Bethlehem, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Northampton County-Gracedale | 8.8 mi | Nazareth, PA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuseSFF |
| Kirkland Village | 9.6 mi | Bethlehem, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Advanced Health Care of Hanover | 9.6 mi | Bethlehem, PA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
Compare this facility with the 3 closest →
Other facilities in the same county
CMS records place this facility in Warren, NJ — 6 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
- Warren Haven Rehab and Nursing Center — Oxford, NJ · overall 2/5
- Clover Rest Home — Columbia, NJ · overall 5/5
- Forest Manor HCC — Blairstown, NJ · overall 3/5
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 315202.
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